what strive did last week, we listed on the new york exchange an exchange traded fund, an energy index fund, call drll. drill. it delivers a really simple mandate to u.s. energy companies as a shareholder to drill more, to frac to do whatever allows companies to be successful without regard to anyone else s climate change agenda or social agenda, leading energy companies to be less successful and make more money, but even more importantly for the country to also shore up american energy security. people don t have to wait until november to vote for. people vote every day with their dollars. my hope is that we ve got over $100 million in the first week that makes this the fastest launch of the year, and appears to be driven by grassroots support, everyday citizens joining this movement. what i hope to see is this energy fund get bigger than the comparable energy fund offered by blackrock or other asset
the market. and that is what we re doing. what s driving last week was we listed on the new york stock exchange, an exchange traded fund and energy index fund called drl well drill and it delivers a really simpleho mandate to us energy companies as a shareholder to drill or to frack more , to do whatever allows these companies to be most successful without regard to anyone else s climate change agenda. environmental agenda or social agenda. and the good newsge is i think that s going to lead energy companies to be less successful and to make more money. more importantly, for the country to also shore up american energy security. and that s something people don t have to wait until november to vote for. dayle vote every with their dollars. and my hope, tucker, is that, you know, we actually got over one hundred million dollars in the first week. that makes this the fastestpp unseeded etf launch ofve the year. and it appears toy be driven by grassroots support, everyday citizens joining
some polls show that this - is the number one issue for voters that they really care . about climate change. but both of the major- leading parties don t seem to want to discuss it in any great. - or they haven t come up with that huge. i presumably they got punished on those policies example the mining states in australia. perhaps. what s really interesting - is the emergence of the so called teal independence. around 20 women who are running i as independents who are fiscally. conservative but really are running on very strong climate change agendas. they have a huge amount of grassroots support, . a huge amount of financial backing. it will really be interesting to see if they want to turn the tide - in australian politics. the other issue is the geopolitical aspect of what s happening. scott morrison of these issues particular of china. i think is getting a lot of criticism and his