web02.fireside.fm Tue, 05 May 2026 09:59:20 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Not There Yet - Episodes Tagged with “Oil & Gas” https://www.ntyessays.com/tags/oil%20&%20gas Thu, 23 Nov 2017 07:00:00 -0700 The Not There Yet podcast is a ongoing series of short essays covering a wide range of subjects from the perspective of the third decade of the 21st century. They are intended to be thought provoking, challenging, skeptical and hopefully funny once in a while. They are sometimes conventional in nature and others are a little more experimental. They cover science, history, sports, technology, philosophy or just about whatever subject comes to mind. Sometimes they look forward, other times they look back. They will not, however, take up a lot of your time and will be told in an interesting and accessible way. en-us episodic Eclectic essays podcasted from the third decade of the 21st century. Terence C. Gannon The Not There Yet podcast is a ongoing series of short essays covering a wide range of subjects from the perspective of the third decade of the 21st century. They are intended to be thought provoking, challenging, skeptical and hopefully funny once in a while. They are sometimes conventional in nature and others are a little more experimental. They cover science, history, sports, technology, philosophy or just about whatever subject comes to mind. Sometimes they look forward, other times they look back. They will not, however, take up a lot of your time and will be told in an interesting and accessible way. no Terence C. Gannon ntyessays@intellog.com At Work in the Garden of Good and Evil https://www.ntyessays.com/021-at-work-in-the-garden-of-good-and-evil 2b3d189b-fdfc-489b-9ff6-e0fdd49a9033 Thu, 23 Nov 2017 07:00:00 -0700 Terence C. Gannon full Terence C. Gannon Having left oil & gas after 25 years, you might think I was either a passionate advocate for the industry—or maybe a rabid foe. Turns out that neither is true. While our quality of life is sustained but cheap and plentiful energy, I'm not blind to the its faults. The opponents of oil & gas have valid, compelling arguments, along with a few faults of their own. 12:57 no <h3>It is time we realized there’s a little bit of each in all of us and in all that we do. I have a smoky old eighties sports car which I drive, usually too fast, for a few weeks during the shoulder seasons. Any other time of year I park it lavishly, luxuriously in a heated and cooled garage. Yet, I also lust after a brand new Tesla Model S and the solar panels with which to charge it. Weird, eh? We recycle everything we can in our household. I was annoyed, though, when our nanny state, local government rammed through blue bins city-wide at taxpayer cost. It was as if I was being forced to take money for a blood donation which I had, for years, happily given for free simply because it was the right thing to do. Except in reverse... <span>_Listen to the rest by clicking the play button, above. The text version of this essay can be found on <a href="http://www.medium.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Medium</a> where it was <a href="https://medium.com/@TerenceCGannon/at-work-in-the-garden-of-good-and-evil-d40f88443268" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">published</a> in May of 2016. (photo: ©Stocksnapper via iStockphoto)_</span> </h3>

It is time we realized there’s a little bit of each in all of us and in all that we do.

I have a smoky old eighties sports car which I drive, usually too fast, for a few weeks during the shoulder seasons. Any other time of year I park it lavishly, luxuriously in a heated and cooled garage. Yet, I also lust after a brand new Tesla Model S and the solar panels with which to charge it. Weird, eh?

We recycle everything we can in our household. I was annoyed, though, when our nanny state, local government rammed through blue bins city-wide at taxpayer cost. It was as if I was being forced to take money for a blood donation which I had, for years, happily given for free simply because it was the right thing to do. Except in reverse...

Listen to the rest by clicking the play button, above. The text version of this essay can be found on Medium where it was published in May of 2016. (photo: ©Stocksnapper via iStockphoto)

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It is time we realized there’s a little bit of each in all of us and in all that we do.

I have a smoky old eighties sports car which I drive, usually too fast, for a few weeks during the shoulder seasons. Any other time of year I park it lavishly, luxuriously in a heated and cooled garage. Yet, I also lust after a brand new Tesla Model S and the solar panels with which to charge it. Weird, eh?

We recycle everything we can in our household. I was annoyed, though, when our nanny state, local government rammed through blue bins city-wide at taxpayer cost. It was as if I was being forced to take money for a blood donation which I had, for years, happily given for free simply because it was the right thing to do. Except in reverse...

Listen to the rest by clicking the play button, above. The text version of this essay can be found on Medium where it was published in May of 2016. (photo: ©Stocksnapper via iStockphoto)

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