ONLY objective analysis of Palin's so-called "expertise" in energy

[chicagoexpat]

At this post http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x7052572

I asked any DU'ers if they knew of any objective analysis that exists on Pallin's supposed expertise in energy. No one could give any real leads, but some made some nice comments suggesting why that claim is being made.

I also posted it on my home blog at What is the evidence of Sarah Palin’s expertise in energy issues? and so far have only gotten Republicans mouthing the Doubletalk Express platitudes over & over again.

I did find at the Annenberg Political Fact Check this analysis of Palin's only attempt to relate facts about energy that I can find:

Energetically Wrong:"Palin says Alaska supplies 20 percent of U.S. energy. Not true. Not even close."

I figger it deserves a blog post of its own in my home blog (see signature).

Does anyone have anything else that can illuminate Palin's expertise?

From Energetically Wrong:"Palin says Alaska supplies 20 percent of U.S. energy. Not true. Not even close."

That's not true.

Alaska did produce 14 percent of all the oil from U.S. wells last year, but that's a far cry from all the "energy" produced in the U.S.

Alaska's share of domestic energy production was 3.5 percent, according to the official figures kept by the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

And if by "supply" Palin meant all the energy consumed in the U.S., and not just produced here, then Alaska's production accounted for only 2.4 percent.Text

[shraby]

1. I posted this earlier

She claimed to be Chairman of the Alaska Oil and Gas Commission in her interview with Charlie Gibson but I googled the chairman's position from 2003-2007 and that position was held by John K. Norman until Feb. 2008 when Dan Seamount took it. I couldn't find any reference to Sarah Palin in that position except on blogs. It looks like another lie on her part.

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[chicagoexpat]

4. I missed it before, thanx

[Wetzelbill]

2. the fact is she knows more about it than anybody in the whole world

And she can see Russia from anywhere in the continental U.S. if she squints hard enough.

[chicagoexpat]

3. I think someone pointed out... she can see the stars, so she's an astrophysicist, too?