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Thanks for joining us for episode 396, and it's January 1st Friday Q&A.

How's it going, Mark?

It's cold.

Yeah, I'm not a fan. If you're in the U.S. or Canada, and you're listening to this, you probably just got over the really frigid cold weather. Interesting number to throw at you. Hmm. That part of North America, U.S. Canada, when you look at what's kept everybody warm for the last week or so,

kept people from freezing death, pipes from freezing and bursting, schools up and operating hospitals and everything else,

89% of that energy came from natural gas. So if you're warm while you're listening this,

think the brave men and women that are out there building those pipelines, keeping them running, drilling those wells, because without it, you would be much colder than you are today. So big shout out to our natural gas brothers and sisters out there keeping the heat on for all of us. Speaking of all of us, we've got a review. You want to read it? Yeah, sure. I guess that's what I get paid to do. It's from Andrew Malwick,

Mawick. I hope I said that right. Oil broker for Amorex, Singapore. Four stars. Love the

podcast and think that the catchy theme music is as good as the Bernie Miller theme. Andrew,

you're dating yourself. From 1970s. Probably don't even know who Barney Miller is. From the 1970s network TV. However, Mark, you lost a star for your November 19th podcast where you said twice that India had a larger GDP than China. Population, yes, GDP nowhere near. Prefer podcasts from the studio where the finished product is cleaner and keep up the good work.

We're at a studio.

I don't know if you know that.

No, he's talking about the last couple episodes at the end of year we did at events and they were loud. Oh, yeah. At events? Oh, we can't help that, brother. Yeah, Andrew, it's what we do, and we do know that the audio quality is less than perfect when we're at an event, but the events are important part of the industry. So

thank you for the review. And you're 100% right. I, for some reason, cannot get it in my head that India has a larger population than China, but not GDP. I get this two mix up. However, I bet you $10, Andrew, that before I pass away, that India will pass up China and GDP.

It's coming.

So anyway, appreciate the review. If you want a big shout out like Andrew, simple thing to do. Leave us review. Well, that got weird. On the air. About you dying. Let's not, okay. Let's not. I got too many shows to do. Yeah, exactly. All right. So first off, we have Ludwig, as always. So what's happening with Greenpeace USA?

Are they bankrupted?

I must admit, I love it.

Feel bad for the employees. So first off, we have Ludovic, as always. So what's happening with Greenpeace, USA?

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