Why Renewables Are Making Energy More Expensive (And What Happens Next) | Scott Tinker

<p>Interview recorded - 28th of October, 2026On this episode of the WTFinance podcast I had the pleasure of welcoming on Scott Tinker. Scott is a global researcher, educator, and pragmatist working to solve major societal challenges in energy, environment, and economy.During our conversation we spoke about the current situation with energy, why the complicated energy system is often underestimated, peak fossil fuel, why renewables may not make energy cheaper, Chinese Energy strategy and more. I hope you enjoy!0:00 - Introduction1:23 - The complicated energy system3:59 - Demand growth9:20 - Peak Fossil Fuel13:52 - Is Full Renewables energy possible?20:04 - Renewables cheaper?26:06 - Gas prices30:23 - Chinese Energy Strategy35:12 - Middle East Impact41:00 - One message to takeaway?Internationally renowned, Dr. Scott W. Tinker is an energy explorer working to bring industry, government, academia, and nongovernmental organizations together to address major societal challenges in energy, the environment, and the economy. Dr. Tinker is CEO of Tinker Energy Associates, Chairman of the nonprofit Switch Energy Alliance, and Director Emeritus of the Bureau of Economic Geology at UT Austin. With Director Harry Lynch, Tinker co-produced and is featured in the award-winning documentary films Switch and Switch On, screened to millions of viewers globally. Tinker is the host of Energy Switch, an energy and climate talk show appearing on over 200 PBS stations nationwide, and on major podcast channels. He is the voice of Earth Date, featured on over 450 public radio stations nationwide. His writing appears from Forbes to Fortune to Scientific American. In his visits to 60 countries, Tinker has given over 1100 keynote and invited lectures and presented a TEDx on The Dual Challenge: Energy and Environment. Tinker sits on many public, private and academic boards and councils. He served a president of several international professional associations and is an AGI Campbell Medalist, AAPG Halbouty Medalist, GCAGS Boyd Medalist, AIPG Parker Medalist, and a Geological Society of America Fellow.Scott Tinker - LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/tinkerenergyassociates/Switch Energy - https://switchon.org/WTFinance -Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/wtfinancee/Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/67rpmjG92PNBW0doLyPvfniTunes - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wtfinance/id1554934665?uo=4Twitter - https://twitter.com/AnthonyFatseas</p>