13 thoughts on “What Does Palin Really Know About Energy?”

1. rips her a new one on this claim.

   It’s simply untrue that Alaska produces anything close to 20 percent of the U.S. “energy supply,” a term that is generally defined as energy consumed. That category includes power produced in the U.S. by nuclear, coal, hydroelectric dams and other means – as well as all the oil imported into the country.

   But Alaskan production accounts for only 4.8 percent of all the crude oil and petroleum products supplied to the U.S. in 2007, counting both domestic production and imports from other nations. According to EIA, the total supply was just over 5.5 billion barrels in 2007.

   Furthermore, Palin said “energy,” not “oil,” so she was actually much further off the mark. According to EIA, Alaska actually produced 2,417.1 trillion BTUs [British Thermal Units] of energy in 2005, the last year for which full state numbers are available. That’s equal to just 3.5 percent of the country’s domestic energy production.

   Rounding up percentages is one thing, but it’s like they just pulled the 20% number out of their heads like it sounded good. Well, luckily there are people who actually check up on this stuff.

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   1. not much apparently.  In Golden today apparently she said she’d be in charge of energy in a McSame administration.  

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      1. how Dick Cheney is in charge of energy?

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      2. “energy security,” whatever the hell that means. Apparently she believes her answer to Charlie Gibson when she said her national security credentials were proven by her grasp of energy issues, since national security really is, you know, all about energy.

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2. no knee jerk McCain or Palin defenses from our righties?  Aren’t we going to be enlightened as to why it was perfectly accurate for McCain to call Palin one of our foremost energy experts?  Don’t they want to  demonstrate to us that she really does know “more about energy than probably anyone in the United States”?  We’re waiting.

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   1. she’s got so much energy! She’s spunky, she’s sassy, she’s just the most energetic member of the Republican ticket in years!

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      1. “She’s more energetic than any other person in the United States.”

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3. This election is shaping up to be way too similar to the 2000/2004 elections. Where the people that were into politics knew the W was a VERY BAD choice, but the democrats weren’t effective in telling the general population about his problems.

   Now we know that Palin is actually less prepared and knowledgeable than W was (how’s the for scary), but yet we can’t seem to get that message to stick in the media.

   Why is that? And how can we change it?

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   1. your message is even dumber then the people you are trying to communicate with.  In other words it is “bullshit.”

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      1. …Exhibit A, Nancy Baldwin.

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         1. is not a swing voter, however, she’s a Republican troll and sexist

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      2. you should be happy. You’re sure to win!

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   2. We have to get it acroos clearly and succiently.

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