The Sarah Palin Connection

The new vice-president nominee for the republicans, Sarah Palin, has just exploded onto the scene over the last week. I am not going to discourse her narrative, you can look that up yourself. However as a blog that is concerned about being a Green Conservative I think I want to touch on her credentials as a fighter for energy issues.

Palin is the republican governor of Alaska. Prior to that she was the chair for the states Oil commission and a two term mayor. Her husband works in the oil industry as a laborer. Palin broke a monopoly in oil and energy management by large oil companies. She increased the taxes on state oil industrys from 22.5% to 25%, which means the oil companies paid the state more money which was one method she used to create a surplus budget. This put $1,200 back into every residents pocket in the state.

While the democratic ticket can speak of their energy plan, Palin has been enacting a plan for years and been successful in getting it to work. Palin created an energy plan for Alaska that put them on a path to be the first energy independent state. It incorporates all forms of energy that is viable for them to use, not just oil. With all the debate on 1002 Area and ANWR, Palin is the only person on either ticket to have actually been to that area.

I think that when this country looks to the future for an energy plan that uses our resources and creates stable, economic alternative, Sarah Palin as VPOTUS bodes well for this country.