Building Off-Grid Power for Ai Data Centers. Cohost of the Energizing Bitcoin Podcast
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Monty Moncrief drilled 29 dry holes before his 30th hit.
Wildcatters were delusional optimists - they believed optimism was a personal quality that nurtures luck.
An oilman simply cannot afford to be timid.
They never felt the need to apologize for big losses because they believed that if you weren’t having big losses you weren’t trying hard enough.
They believed in chaos and defiance and they refused to be controlled.
They were motivated to found dynasties to which their sons and their son’s sons could succeed.
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I want to produce a kids show to teach the next generations about energy at a young age.
We complain about the public’s energy illiteracy but we’ve done nothing to help educate them.
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Trevor Rees-Jones did oil & gas 7 deals in 7 years for $7B.
But at his lowest, he drilled 17 dry holes in a row.
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We’re about to start working on a piece of content about the late great Aubrey McClendon.
What should we include?
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Oil & Gas is such a weird place.
Half the industry makes $300k+ to do a 20hr/wk job
Half the industry makes $150k to do a 80hr/wk job
And new grads make $0 with no job
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Just found another one of my Marines killed himself.
We had a bit of a falling out over the years as it seemed he just became more of an asshole over time.
I wish I had known his lashing out was really a cry for help. Dude had a lot of potential. RIP Devil Dog
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The untold story of how we turned a backyard bbq into the best bitcoin mining event in the world.
In December 2021, me and @FracSlap wanted to plan a bbq to bring together friends in energy and bitcoin mining.
How hard could a bbq be? So we set a date 8 weeks out.
After dozens of conversations, we realized this wasn’t a bbq - this was something much bigger.
Oh shit, we’re gonna need a bigger space.
We decide to takeover 8th Wonder Brewery.
The venue itself wasn’t big enough to fit multiple tents/stages - so we shut down 3 streets around 8th Wonder.
Tickets are rolling in - 400, 500…
We’ve never done anything this big before.
Since we’re doing this festival style, we have to build infrastructure.
Tents, A/V, Generators, Bathrooms, Food Trucks, Police Officers, etc
Tickets are climbing - 600, 700..
…but so are costs - like our entire previous years’ revenue.
We can’t let this turn into a Fyre Festival. We push all our chips in.
We put together 2 content tracks - energy and mining - and our speaker list is absolutely stacked.
Word is getting out, momentum is building and we’re hype AF - I think we’re going to pull this off.
…but there’s one major problem.
We’re 4 weeks out and have zero sponsors. Tickets alone aren’t enough to cover our costs.
It’s a first year event and many people in the bitcoin mining space have no clue who we are.
We hit the phones, sell the vision and land 25 sponsors in 4 weeks.
WGMI.
Empower rolls around and 1,200 people excited about the intersection of bitcoin mining and energy take over that brewery for 2 days.
In under 8 weeks, against the odds, we accidentally created the best bitcoin mining event in the world.
That was one hell of a bbq.
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I try to ask my boys every night “what made you happy today?”
They expect the question now and think about it during the day to be prepared to answer.
Now they spend their days looking for things that make them happy.
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🇺🇸Memorial Day vs Veterans Day
Memorial Day is to remember those who died in combat.
Veterans Day is for everyone else who served.
Vets tend to feel uneasy when you thank them for their service on Memorial Day.
We don’t wanna take anything away from those who gave all.
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I know y’all don’t care but..
Both the Kansas City Chiefs and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers have ties to oil.
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Like they say, all good things must come to an end.
This may be the end of this chapter, but my story is far from over.
I can't wait to show you guys what's next.
Thanks again for the last 6 years.
❤️
Link 👇
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Getting into the oil & gas business is tough.
Thankfully for you, we've just made it a lot easier.
Digital Wildcatters is launching our first course on Mastering the Art of Evaluating Oil & Gas Deals.
We've assembled the best in the business to be your instructors.
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Putting my 3 year old to work digging this 3 acre pond. He’s got the biggest smile on his face.
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Up at the ranch storyboarding some new content covering the basics of upstream oil & gas accounting.
What do y’all wanna know?
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Here’s the first Trailer for Season 1 of our new Wildcatter History Series we’re about to drop. Super proud of this one. Hope you guys enjoy it.
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Is the idea of a new age type of petroleum/country club for EFT interesting?
We could build a bar, multiple lounges, pool tables, ping pong tables, Xbox’s - what else am I missing?
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My wife: What’s this party on the 20th?
Me: 40 anonymous internet friends are coming to our place for a party. Now that I say that out loud - that sounds kinda weird.
We have 30 people registered for the EFT party.
I want to get this finalized today so make sure you’re RSVP’d.
DM me if you need the link.
Lots of good people/accounts going to be in the room.
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The man, the myth, the legend - @Mario_Guti713 joins us on the Energizing Bitcoin Podcast again this week.
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.@lisa_hough_ dropping 💣’s on this week’s Energizing Bitcoin.
We talked about what it means for LevelField Financial to buy a bank, monetizing molecules and the importance of energy to human prosperity.
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A buddy of mine is building an overland rig like and I’m seriously debating doing the same. Apparently there are million of acres in the US you can just offroad across.
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I saw a dead guy outside of our office this morning.
On my way home, I saw a guy have a complete meltdown. He walked into traffic, stripped down butt naked, and ripped the grill off of an 18 wheeler.
How was your Monday?
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I’ve never felt worse.
My 4 year old kicked a soccer ball into a tree. I attempt to climb the tree to get it out.
Limb breaks. Son gets pancaked by me.
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With a combined networth of $249,000,000,047 - there’s really no limit to what me and @elonmusk can buy next.
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Thanks to everyone who came out tonight to the EFT party. Seriously the most fun I’ve had in a long time.
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Me: Grilled Cheese is the pretty much white people’s Cheese Enchiladas.
Wife: Don’t tweet that.
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Flying out to PA in the morning with a few of these bad boys. What could we possibly be up to.
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Just found out a buddy of mine had an accident is now paralyzed from the neck down.
Great guy with his whole life ahead of him. Absolutely heartbreaking.
Really puts first world problems into perspective and makes me want to just be grateful I get another day.
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I’ve never felt more energized to be a part of this space.
We’re lucky to know so many brilliant, hardworking and innovative people that are creating this industry from the ground up.
Thanks to everyone who joined us this year. Huge thanks to all of our exhibitors and sponsors for making all of this possible.
Full of gratitude today 🙏
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Hot take: Over time, more and more data centers won’t give AF if their power is “renewable” or not.
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Where are all my oilfield/wildcatter history buffs at? What are some of your favorite stories?
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Back in March of this year we're riding with Toby Rice back from one of their wells in Belmont County, Ohio when he randomly asks, "You guys wanna see a farmer who robotized his entire farm?".
We pulled up to Cain Farms and were met by fourth generation dairy farmer, Larry Cain
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I regret to inform you that I must retract my years of slander - deals do, in fact, get done at NAPE.
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I wanna get some well known oilmen (oilwomen?) that have never done a podcast on some of our shows here soon. Creating a hit list of 30-50 heavy hitters.
Who y’all wanna see?
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"If you're not first, you're last - Ricky Bobby" - Phil McPherson
This week me and @JLB_Oso sat down with our buddy Phil to talk about how @RiotPlatforms is gunning for the title of the world's largest public Bitcoin miner.
Give it a listen 👇
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I don’t know who needs to hear this but, don’t turn your car on inside your garage to stay warm. You’ll die.
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We put @1scottgale and @pickeringenergy in a room and asked them “What does success in energy transition look like?”
What followed was an absolutely fascinating conversation.
Come check it out live for Evolve on March 10th.
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The team is running on a few hrs of sleep but are dedicated and excited to getting the shots needed to bring this story to life.
For so long this industry has lacked faces with real stories. People saw through the corporate bs.
It’s our responsibility to change that. 🏴☠️
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What up Midland?!
We’re excited to see you guys tonight at Energy Tech Night at Yucca Theater.
If you haven’t snagged tickets yet head on our to our site and pick some up.
🏴☠️
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One of my biggest fears is that I’ll look back and regret spending so much of my life staring at screens.
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Kids these days wouldn’t understand riding your bike to Walmart to play the latest video game demos for hours
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15-20 years of shale inventory left?
So…what’s the next play here?
Really curious how some of y’all are thinking about this
Oil Frackers Bracing for the end of Inventory
A very insightful article, @CollinEatonHC - well done.
@TomLoughrey_LFE - congrats! As an aside, it looks like $DVN agrees on your inventory math! 👀 #EFT #OOTT wsj.com/articles/fracking-oi…
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My oldest son learned a valuable lesson last night.
Never bet your last carnival tickets on your dad making two free throws in a row.
Appreciate the vote of confidence though.
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After driving across the country twice in a week, it’s obvious that Colorado is the most beautiful state.
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