IS PALIN AN EXPERT ON ENERGY?
You seem to be dodging that question...and I'm not going to quit asking it. Since you stated it as an apparent fact.
I'm not trying to be contrary...but it was you who said that.
Here’s your answer:
Is she an expert in terms of how the private energy industry, and the states administration of the mineral resources, work together to advance the interests of the taxpayers of Alaska while at the same time providing incentive for the citizens and private interests to properly balance the needs for both management as well as development, the answer is an unqualified YES.
Yes, in fact, to an extent that NO OTHER EXECUTIVE HAS APPARENTLY HAD THE ABILITY TO PULL IT OFF TO THE SATISFACTION OF ALL INVOLVED.
Can Governor Palin build a Thorium reactor in her basement? Probably not.
Not looking for a petroleum engineer here. Looking for a chief exec that knows how to balance the interests of the taxpayers with the needs of businesses in a way that the agreement provides all the incentives necessary for the interests to work together.
Most politicians are fine with allowing each side to preserve their idiotic agendas so that nobody’s interests are served.
She got it done, and it didn’t depend on ideology. She found a MARKET BASED WAY TO DO IT. Give the taxpayers a check and make them partners and they’ll be more agreeable to oil companies developing their resources.
Moreover, she’s made it more attractive for oil companies to work with governors than with feds. Feds are feds in every country, and they just can’t WAIT for you to develop their resources so that one day they can nationalize it.
Doing it Palin’s way ensures that each party sticks to what its best at without creating massive bureaucracy to regulate it into a cocked hat.
>> “IS PALIN AN EXPERT ON ENERGY?” <<
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Did you mean energy, per se, or energy policy?
I think that it is fair to say that her experience on the AK Oil and Gas commission qualifies her as an expert on policy.