For candidates who hope to lead—whether as Mayor, Governor, or President—Energy Wisdom requires comprehensive awareness: that modern civilization is not powered by electricity alone; that materials matter; that oil underpins global logistics and manufacturing; that ethical mining must be part of any responsible strategy; that nuclear power is returning to the global stage; and that Earth’s mineral and energy resources, while vast, are ultimately finite. America’s prosperity has always been tied to its ability to understand industrial realities, not simply political aspirations.

With this in mind, the following open-ended questions are designed to invite deeper discussions between political figures, rather than to trap them in questions that they are not equipped to answer. If an aspiring leader can articulate thoughtful responses to the following questions, voters will have a clearer sense of whether that person possesses the level of Energy Wisdom needed for national leadership.

This chart should end the climate debate once and for all. It comes straight from the Energy Institute’s 2025 Statistical Review of World Energy. 

For thirty years, the world has moved nearly $8 trillion of investment into wind, solar, and other so-called “renewable” sources for electricity”.  The result? Their share of global primary electricity consumption has barely budged. It sits there, stubbornly flat, while the thin green line for emission-free, continuous, and uninterruptable nuclear power has actually narrowed, while we have experienced real life disastrous experiments such as the Dunkelflaute or the recent Iberian blackout. 

If these potential leaders really thought carbon dioxide emissions were going to cook the planet, then emissions-free nuclear generated electricity would have expanded in a geometric progression. 

Why aren’t our political leaders looking at the data of electricity generation? 

Fossil fuels of coal and natural gas still supply more than 80 percent of the world’s primary electricity, the same percentage as 30 years ago. Renewables (including hydro and burning wood) hover around 15 percent at best, and the modern wind-and-solar portion is a rounding error in the overall electricity mix. 

Nuclear? A measly 9 percent and shrinking relatively........

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