Taylor Sheridan’s ‘Landman’ Unleashes Epic Rant On Wind Energy In Latest Episode: “Guess How Much Oil It Takes To Lubricate That Thing”

Taylor Sheridan has done it again. The Yellowstone creator and writer is often pegged as a staunch Republican by people who watch 10 minutes of cowboy show and think "REPUBLICAN," but it's far more nuanced than that. In fact, he's spent a good chunk of his career advocating on behalf of Native Americans, especially Native American women, Yellowstone is all about fighting against corporate greed and land grabbing in the American West, rich people and developers buying up the state of Montana... not exactly the poster boy for Red State ideals. In 2017, he was critical of Donald Trump saying "can we just impeach the mf'er right now?" He walked that back more recently and called Colorado's attempt to remove him from the ballot "dangerous sh*t." His show Lioness largely seems to question the Unites States' motives regarding the endless wars in the Middle East, Mayor Of Kingstown shines a light on the prison industrial complex, and when it comes to the environment, Sheridan also takes quite the stewardship approach, while not ignoring the idealistic fallacies of "green energy" and veganism. In Yellowstone he introduced the vegan activist from Portland, Summer Higgins (Piper Perabo), and it seems like her only purpose in the show is so Taylor can deliver an epic rant on veganism through Kevin Costner's character, John Dutton. In season 4, Summer was causing a ruckus, protesting farmers, ranchers, the death of animals, and meat production’s destruction the environment… you know, your day-to-day tree hugger bulls**t, when John explained to her the real price of being a vegan: “You ever plow a field? To plant the quinoa or sorghum or whatever the hell it is you eat. You kill everything on the ground and under it. You kill every snake, every frog, every mouse, mole, vole, worm, quail… you kill them all. So, I guess the only real question is: how cute does an animal have to be before you care if it dies to feed you?” https://twitter.com/TheJRECompanion/status/1471633289534484481 And he's not wrong... But Taylor Sheridan is at it again on the latest episode if his new series Landman, starring Billy Bob Thornton, Jon Hamm and Demi Moore. Without getting into any spoilers, Episode 3 finds Billy Bob's character, Tommy Norris, chatting with hot shot, big city lawyer Rebecca Savage (Kayla Wallace), who gets excited to see some windmills in big oil country. She says: "They use clean energy to power the oil wells?" To which, he says, "They use alternative energy, there's nothing clean about this," before launching into another epic Taylor Sheridan rant meant for the "100% electric" crowd. You know, the folks in California who wants to have the entire world run on "clean" electric energy like wind or solar. There's just a few problems with that... as Billy Bob Thornton's character masterfully explains: "Do you have any idea how much diesel they have to burn to mix that much concrete or make that steel, and haul this sh*t out here and put it together with a 450 foot crane? You wanna guess how much oil it takes to lubricate that thing or winterize it? In its 20-year lifespan it won't offset the carbon footprint of making it. And don't even get me started on solar panels and the lithium in your Tesla battery. And never mind the fact that if the whole world decided to go electric tomorrow, we don't have the transmission lines to get the electricity to the cities. It would take 30 years if we started tomorrow. And unfortunately for your grandkids, we have a 120-year petroleum-based infrastructure. Our whole lives depend on it. Hell, it's in everything... that road we came in on, the wheels on every car ever made, including yours, tennis rackets, lipstick, refrigerators antihistamines, anything plastic, your cell phone case, artificial heart valves, any kind of clothing that's not made with animal or plant fibers, soap, hand lotion, garbage bags, fishing boats, you name it... every f***ing thing. And you know what the kicker is... we're gonna run out before we find a replacement.  And believe me, if Exxon thought them f***ing things were the future, they'd be putting them all over the goddamn place. Getting oil out of the ground is the most dangerous job in the world, we don't do it because we like it, we do it because we've run out of options. And you're out here trying to find something to blame for the danger besides your boss. There ain't nobody to blame but the demand that we keep pumping it." https://twitter.com/liekitisnot/status/1860707934381989909 Mic drop... And once again, he's not wrong... not about the production, not about Exxon making windmills if it was the future, not about how heavily we rely on oil (just think of how much the military depends on it... he didn't even mention that). He also didn't mention how many birds wind turbines kill every single year... a number that is estimated to be north of 500,000 every single year. Perhaps even much more... Truth is, the cost, reliability and environmental impacts of wind and other forms of "green energy" are often thrown to the side and left out of the argument. But please, Al Gore, tell me more about the climate while you fly around in your private jet. You too Taylor Swift, Leonardo DiCaprio..., please lecture me about the environment... And if you want some real world proof, just look at the state of California and their initiative to have only electric cars by the year 2035. Problem is... the state's power grid cannot handle it. Back in 2022, just days after they announced their plan to go completely electric with vehicles, officials begged Californians to stop charging their cars because a heatwave was already hammering the power grid. You can't make it up... https://twitter.com/BillMelugin_/status/1565046413196529664 I'm not gonna lie, I love when Taylor Sheridan does this... it makes for an epic and memorable moment from the show, and perhaps, drops a little knowledge on the dorks who are chained together in the middle of the road protesting oil companies, you know, just locking up traffic so cars can sit there even longer and burn more fuel... it's genius. And look, I'm all for being good stewards of the land, taking care of our resources and maintaining healthy ecosystems that can thrive. I'm 100% in favor of protecting the environment within reason. Hell, I don't even wash my own car in the driveway because I don't want the soap to runoff into the lake that I live on and affect the balance of the aquatic ecosystem. So no, I'm not some big oil apologist, and I'm not saying the oil companies stuffing billions in their pockets every year are the good guys here... but a world without oil is just not gonna happen... not anytime soon, and probably not ever. So get out of the road... weirdos. That being said, Landman is fairly entertaining, a bit overly dramatic, and the hyper-sexualization of the teenage daughter creeps me out, but the soundtrack is KILLER. This most recent episode, Episode 3, featured tunes from Josh Meloy, Whitey Morgan, Turnpike and more. Spotify Apple Music