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Cato Weekly Podcast • November 25, 2025 

# Energy Realism: Climate Policy Meets Actual Economics 

Cato’s Chad Davis and Travis Fisher examine the gulf between symbolic climate pledges and the real-world complexities of energy use — from EV carbon costs to fossil-fueled resilience against natural disasters. They argue that the “climate homicide” narrative misreads the data, and that abundant, affordable energy remains humanity’s greatest defense against climate risk.

[![crenshaw](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/content_teaser/public/2025-10/crenshaw.png?itok=k69Yh-y5)](https://www.cato.org/blog/some-inconvenient-truths-climate-radicals) 

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### [Some Inconvenient Truths for Climate Radicals](/blog/some-inconvenient-truths-climate-radicals) 

By [Travis Fisher](https://www.cato.org/people/travis-fisher) 

The conversation boiled down to this: climate change is real, but climate policies involve trade-offs. We should remember what makes us prosperous and resilient to climate change today: freedom, innovation, human ingenuity, and energy abundance.

[![Energy Sources Cropped](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/content_teaser/public/2025-03/energy-sources-cropped.jpg?itok=t5W8u-Se)](https://www.cato.org/policy-analysis/budgetary-cost-inflation-reduction-acts-energy-subsidies) 

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### [The Budgetary Cost of the Inflation Reduction Act’s Energy Subsidies](/policy-analysis/budgetary-cost-inflation-reduction-acts-energy-subsidies) 

By [Travis Fisher](https://www.cato.org/people/travis-fisher) and Joshua L. Loucks 

The massive cash transfer from taxpayers to private firms under the guise of environmentalism creates an overwhelming and undue burden on taxpayers who continue to pay for fiscally irresponsible federal spending.

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### [Federal Bank Regulators Are Right to Rescind Climate Principles](/blog/federal-bank-regulators-are-right-rescind-climate-principles) 

By [Jai Kedia](https://www.cato.org/people/jai-kedia) and [Jerome Famularo](https://www.cato.org/people/jerome-famularo) 

The rescission acknowledges these problems and is a great step in the right direction. Now, the Fed can continue to reduce its regulatory scope and focus entirely on its dual mandate. It should then implement rules-based monetary policy to constrain discretion and create a more stable and predictable monetary regime.

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##### [Travis Fisher](/people/travis-fisher)

Director of Energy and Environmental Policy Studies, Cato Institute

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##### Chad Davis 

Former Vice President for Public Affairs