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...refer to the diligence and productivity of U.S. workers, but from what I heard in Missouri, the original remark made a lasting impression on voters. Nothing about the economy feels strong to them. "The main issue is the economy," Simpson continued. "The Republicans always say they are going to lower taxes, but I just don't see how they can do that anymore. My whole life, they've wanted to give more money to the people who already have the fancy, high-paying jobs." And then, as if to assure me that she wasn't an Obamamaniac, she added...
...feet of natural gas from Alaska's Cook Inlet. Her support of an effort by major energy producers to export the fuel to more lucrative markets in Asia came just as a facility that will provide the first practical way to bring the state's natural gas to the lower 48 states was set to open on the Baja coast in Mexico...
Cook Inlet's natural gas has been exported for years, and until this past spring, it pretty much had no alternative. Without a pipeline or even facility to receive natural gas on the West Coast, it had no way of reaching the lower 48 states. As a result, producers sent whatever wasn't used locally - 28% of total output last year - to a Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) plant on the Kenai Peninsula, where gas was chilled to a liquid state and put on tankers for Japan and other Pacific rim countries...
...time did Palin or her government cite the desire to preserve Alaskan gas for the lower 48 states. The Sempra terminal began operations just four months after Palin announced unconditional support for the Marathon and ConocoPhillips request and a month before DOE approved their plans to export gas to Asia. The development of the Mexico plant was well-known and much anticipated in energy circles...
...exports and campaign emphasis on more drilling to slake US energy needs. "It's pretty outrageous to scare Americans about energy shortages while she has been approving export of billions of cubic feet of natural gas that could be providing energy to homes in Alaska and the lower 48 states," he said...