I guess you like socialism. The tax halted further oil and gas exploration. Congratulations.
Facts, please. I know that's asking a lot when there is an axe to grind.
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Alaska DNR
Current Exploration Licenses and Pending Applications
The state has issued five exploration licenses covering 1.25 million acres and has received applications for three other areas.
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... At Prudhoe Bay, up to 8 billion cubic feet of natural gas is produced daily and ...injected back into the ground to maintain reservoir pressure and produce more oil. This injection has improved oil recovery and extended the life of the field beyond initial estimates. In addition, some components of the produced natural gas are used to make miscible injectant, which is deployed/utilized for enhanced oil recovery.
Other than the small portion of gas that is liquefied as natural gas liquids (NGLs) for shipment down the Trans-Alaska Pipeline, there are no means at present to transport North Slope gas to markets. Today, Alaska gas is facing intense competition from abundant shale gas resources in the Lower 48 states. The Department of Energy estimates that by 2020, unconventional gas, such as shale gas, will account for more than 50 percent of total US production. However, BP is committed to evaluating alternatives to commercializing our North Slope gas resources, and we are working with other major North Slope gas lease owners to determine the commercial feasibility of Alaska liquefied natural gas (LNG) export. -BP
Oh, bullshit. People went to prison -- Republicans rightly went to prison -- because of corruption with oil companies, partly becuase of Palin's leadership. Damned right the oil companies don't like Palin, and of course they want to convince everybody they can how "bad" she is. Tough luck.
There was no "tax." It was essentially a land use fee based on the going price of oil, and the land belongs to Alaskans. That's a state's thing, Alaska alone is about one quarter the size of the continental US. I guess you think oil companies shouldn't have to pay to use that land? Or that if it does, it should go to the politicians?
All I have to say is that the nature of Palin's enemies, people who must deliberately misrepresent facts again and again, over the years, even, right here on FR, in order to convince people (and themselves) that Palin isn't good enough ... says more about Palin's enemies and their motivations, than it does about Palin -- at least those of us who've actually independently investigated the things in pursuit of the "light of truth," and see the sneaky deceit in the charges, like windflier, who did such a good job a few posts ago once again explaining to thinking folks why the "quitter" meme is just ... blantantly false.
No matter how much I like her, I wouldn't deliberately deceive like that to push Palin or to fight her enemies. Pure truth is the best weapon against Romney and Rove and all of them. But when it's Palin ... how come so many should-be respected fellow conservatives indulge in that kind of deceit here?
A mystery for the ages, I guess.