Big Tech Wanted ‘Clean Energy.’ Ohio Gave Natural Gas | Rep. Troy Balderson

February 10, 2026

We have “100 years of natural gas below our feet” is Rep. Troy Balderson’s, R-Ohio, appraisal of the energy situation in his home state. Since the early 2010s, The Buckeye State has been host to one of the largest “fracking booms” in the country, which has helped awaken and foster the entrepreneurial spirit throughout the rust belt. Rep. Balderson joins Jack Fowler on today’s “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words” to discuss Ohio’s economic reemergence.

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