Palin flummoxed by question on Alaska's oil exports
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Alaska Governor and vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, promoted by Republican presidential nominee John McCain as his expert on energy, seemed to have problems yesterday explaining whether the government bans oil and natural gas exports, especially from her own state's North Slope fields.
A questioner at a town hall-style meeting in Wisconsin said he had heard at least 75 per cent of the oil drilled in Alaska was being sold to China and said if true he would like to know why.
"No. It's not 75 per cent of our oil being exported," said Palin, suggesting some of Alaska's oil may, in fact, may be going abroad but not that much of it.
"In fact," she then added, "Congress is pretty strict on, um, export bans of oil and gas especially."
No Alaska oil has been exported since 2004, and little if any since 2000, according to the Energy Information Administration and the Congressional Research Service.
But Congress has never imposed outright bans on US oil or natural gas exports.
A questioner at a town hall-style meeting in Wisconsin said he had heard at least 75 per cent of the oil drilled in Alaska was being sold to China and said if true he would like to know why.
"No. It's not 75 per cent of our oil being exported," said Palin, suggesting some of Alaska's oil may, in fact, may be going abroad but not that much of it.
"In fact," she then added, "Congress is pretty strict on, um, export bans of oil and gas especially."
No Alaska oil has been exported since 2004, and little if any since 2000, according to the Energy Information Administration and the Congressional Research Service.
But Congress has never imposed outright bans on US oil or natural gas exports.
