Reasoning Reason

This is my fundamental problem with Palin on energy...
“I beg to disagree with any candidate who would say we can't drill our way out of our problem or that more supply won't ultimately affect prices. Of course it will affect prices.”
-Sarah Palin

This is the exact problem I've been outlining for a while. Off-shore drilling is not a bad thing if done in an environmentally safe way (although on-shore in ANWR is different). What is bad is that people don't do the research and think that it's a solution when in fact it's a bridge to keep us afloat. She's a champion for opposing the "Bridge To Nowhere," yet supports adamantly an energy bridge to nowhere, which translates to exhausting all our domestic oil resources for little benefit and then having no alternative energy on which to transfer our energy needs. Drilling definitely cannot get us out of our problem. Drilling would take over 10 years to achieve any significant results, yet Palin says alternative energy is not the answer because it will take more than 10 years to be implemented. In addition, drilling would not lower gas prices significantly...the U.S. Department of Energy stated that drilling will not change prices for two decades, and even then the price will decline by a few pennies. Everything she wants to do energy related deals with oil oil oil (she brings profits to Alaska and her BP-employed husband) at the expense of our country. Now the fact that she wants to deal with oil companies is good, but exclusively and without investing in alternative energy is not a solution either for the short term or the long-term. This woman does not believe in human-enhanced global warming...she's out of touch with the mainland US, not to mention the rest of the world--and I guarantee McCain will change his stance on ANWR (he's already changed his stance at least twice on off-shore) just to match his Veep's views. And remember that energy is considered her strength. Her strength!...which implies...

...exactly.