for more let's bring in dan pickering of pickering and partners. in your state, and of course, talking about the massive colossal failure of the energy grid. one of the takeaways from that was that as the biggest power producer in the united states and consumer, texas is going to be needing a lot more of everything to make sure it does not happen again, and whether it is wind turbines or solar, but maybe nat gas or dare i say nuclear. so what are the knock on e effects of what happened the last two weeks >> yeah, brian, good to be with you. i think that you are right. the knock on effects are going to be the realization that we need all of the above here in texas, and in the u.s., as it is relating to sources of renewables, but everything. nuclear, natural gas, wind power, solar power, and we need it all it is going to be winterized and better, but it is not one or the other, but it has to be all. >> well, yeah, because what we have learned is that when something goes down, something else must pick up the slack, and sadly like everything else that c

. >> investor dan laurel making news coming from his twitter account. leslie picker been i guess conflicted about bitcoin listen to this he says that i've been doing a deep dive into crypto lately it's a real test of being intellectually open to new and controversial ideas. culturally i compare bridging the crypto world with the old as akin to finding a portal between two distinct worlds in the multi-verse. okay then also maintaining healthy skepticism while also deepening one's understanding requires one to engage in what steve jobs, and of course fitzgerald before him, described as requisite for superior intellect to maintain two opposed ideas in one's mind and retain the ability to function goes on to say, then another conflict to overcome is the idea that being late to the crypto party will inevitably lead to one taking the sucker seat at a high stakes poker table versus still being early days and what is now being adopted in the mainstream so it just sounds like i feel kind of bad because it just sounds like some -- maybe better late than never but, you know, af