AP: Palin statements about Alaska oil production off by 600%

[grantcart]

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5ju2MtikdSBM9lUhSP9akZN8Yg13QD9382MPG1

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican presidential candidate John McCain and running mate Sarah Palin, Alaska's governor, say her state's production of one-fifth of the country's domestic energy supply is an important credential to put them in the White House. Their figure is inflated.

THE SPIN: Palin and the McCain campaign repeatedly have claimed her status as governor of an energy-producing state as a national security credential, most recently in the interview with ABC News anchor Charles Gibson. But Palin has been sloppy in how she states her argument that Alaska is a major player in the energy market.

In the interview, she claimed the state "produces nearly 20 percent of the U.S. domestic supply of energy." McCain, too, has said Palin is "in charge of 20 percent of America's energy supply." More recently, Palin modified her claim to "20 percent of the U.S. domestic supply of oil and gas."


The most recent figures show Alaska produced 3.4 percent of the nation's total energy output in 2005. The state's largest contribution to that figure was its oil production, which runs about 14 percent of the U.S. total. Alaska contributes about 2 percent of the nation's natural gas production. It produces negligible amounts of coal and renewable energy, and has no nuclear energy.


One other fact to note: President Bush's home state of Texas ranks No. 1 among the states for total energy production, followed by Vice President Dick Cheney's home state of Wyoming.

[BootinUp]

1. Quelle surprise. nt

[marmar]

2. Fuzzy math.

:dunce:

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

3. She's getting closer. n/t

[grantcart]

9. lol

[tblue]

4. Bwaaaaaaahahaha! All the lies have my head spinning so fast

I feel like Linda Blair!

[rzemanfl]

5. Didn't McSame say she knows more about energy than anyone

else? Obama needs to put that quote and this number together.

[Cha]

11. Excellent IDEA! with one of her

finger waggin' pics. Let her scream SEXIST till it's coming outta her ears.

mccain's quote on nobody knows more about energy than palin, palin's lies about how much energy is produced in Alaska, palin waggin her finger..with the caption.. "We NEED A REAL ENERGY PLAN FOR AMERICA"

And then go on to state how Obama Biden's plan has 5 million new Green Collar jobs with renewable energy alternatives:bounce:

Or something:bounce:

[muriel_volestrangler]

6. Go on, AP, say it - she's LYING

This isn't 'inflation', or 'spin' - she's been caught in yet another simple lie.

[grantcart]

16. 3 out of 20 % true this is a highwater mark for her.

[MichiganVote]

7. Maybe she can turn saltwater into oil.

[Stop Cornyn]

8. We need an ad juxtaposing this error next to McCain claiming she's the nations number one expert on

energy.

[Cha]

10. That's it right there..no need for further words to describe..

"palin is sloppy.."

Rec'd!

[TooRaLoo]

12. Criminy.

it just never stops. TEE HEE!

[DURHAM D]

13. So from reading the article it looks like Alaska only produces 16%

of this country's oil and gas production. Wow - that's big.

That 3.4% is "all" energy - not just oil and gas. Misleading article.

[Levgreee]

14. Wrong, it produces 14% of oil and 2% of natural gas

If oil and natural gas have equal parts, then the following calculation shows what portion Alaska produces of our oil and gas:

1 x .14 + 1 x .02
____________________
2


=.08, or 8% of our oil and natural gas. 14% of the oil, 2% of the natural gas.

[Skwmom]

15. Imagine how much she would have been off if she wasn't an energy expert.

[krkaufman]

17. More Bosnia sniper fire

i.e. exaggeration and embellishment intended to inflate one's image