Sarah Palin Works for Big Oil

Despite the best work of RNC and John McCain trying to get you to believe that Palin is a reformer that worked against Big Oil her actions work against the fact.

Palin believes drilling is the only answer to solve the energy crisis saying

"I beg to disagree with any candidate who would say we can’t drill our way out of our problem,”

She even called McCain "close-minded" about his views on ANWR. Sounds pretty pro Big-Oil so far.

Sarah Palin says she doesn't believe in alternative energy saying "alternative-energy solutions are far from imminent and would require more than 10 years to develop.” But the Department of Energy says "(offshore drilling) would not have a significant impact on domestic crude oil and natural gas production or prices before 2030.” All about the oil.

3/4ths of all public land in the country is open to oil drilling, but yet only 1/4 of this only is currently being explored for oil. Sounds like there is plenty of other oil land that is open to drilling that would not destroy caribou and polar bear habitats.

Carl Pope of the Sierra Club states

“No one is closer to the oil industry than Governor Palin.” Sarah Palin has taken positions that would ensure a continuation of the Bush-Cheney energy policies. She supports drilling everywhere and ignores the need for binding reductions in global warming pollution even though her state is melting. The continuation of these policies will continue higher energy costs, more severe hurricanes and droughts, and despoiled natural treasures."

So a McCain/Palin victory would mean 4 more years of Bush energy policies that saw record-setting energy prices and gas prices that brought about the worst economic slowdown in the United States in decades.