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Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on August 13, 2023 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":
“In three short years, we achieved energy independence.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson, Matthew Crowley • August 16, 2023
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on July 19, 2023 in an Instagram post:
A wind turbine must “spin continually for over four years just to replace the energy it took to manufacture it.”
False
By Tom Kertscher • July 28, 2023
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 11, 2023 in a video shared on Facebook.:
Under the “2023 Solar Incentive Program,” U.S. homeowners can “now qualify to get a full, state-of-the-art solar system at absolutely no cost from the government.”
False
By Madison Czopek • July 21, 2023
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 22, 2023 in a Facebook post:
Solar companies “have to give solar panels away for completely no net cost.”
False
By Tom Kertscher • April 1, 2023
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 28, 2023 in an image:
"We’re just burning 300 gallons of jet fuel to de-ice this clean energy wind turbine … that needs 80 gallons of synthetic oil to operate."
False
By Andy Nguyen • March 16, 2023
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on March 13, 2023 in an executive action:
On drilling on federal lands.
Full Flop
By Tom Kertscher • March 15, 2023
Nikki Haley
Nikki Haley
stated on March 3, 2023 in a speech at CPAC:
Democrats "want to ban gas powered cars and gas stoves.”
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • March 13, 2023
Nicholas Langworthy
Nicholas Langworthy
stated on February 10, 2023 in a tweet:
Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm met "with the radical green energy group behind the gas stove ban," which "has ties to the" Chinese Communist Party.
Mostly False
By Conor Amendola, Mary McNaughton • March 9, 2023
Morgan Luttrell
Morgan Luttrell
stated on January 10, 2023 in a tweet:
"Energy costs are the highest in 15 years."
Mostly True
By Nusaiba Mizan • February 16, 2023
Erick Erickson
Erick Erickson
stated on January 27, 2023 in a video:
“Right now, driving 100 miles in an electric vehicle is more expensive than driving an internal combustion engine car.”
Half-True
By Andy Nguyen • February 14, 2023
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on January 25, 2023 in an Instagram post:
Wind farm construction is a possible cause of dead whales washing ashore in New Jersey.
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • February 8, 2023
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on January 23, 2023 in social media posts on January 23, 2023:
Electrically charged stones discovered in Congo.
False
By Loreben Tuquero • January 26, 2023
Morgan Luttrell
Morgan Luttrell
stated on January 10, 2023 in a tweet:
"Biden drained America's Strategic Petroleum Reserves to the lowest level since 1984."
True
By Nusaiba Mizan • January 19, 2023
League of Conservation Voters
League of Conservation Voters
stated on November 28, 2022 in a statement on a website:
Herschel Walker “is heavily funded by the oil and gas industry, raking in more than $140,000 in donations from Big Oil and other energy interests."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • December 1, 2022
Viral image
Viral image
stated on November 15, 2022 in an Instagram post:
“Florida man arrested for using a lost U.S. nuke to power his home for more than 27 years.”
Pants on Fire!
By Ciara O'Rourke • November 16, 2022
Kari Lake
Kari Lake
stated on October 12, 2022 in a press conference:
Katie Hobbs “has voted to double our gas tax.”
Mostly True
By Alexis Waiss • November 3, 2022
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on July 14, 2022 in Blog post:
“We finally achieved that energy independence… under the Trump administration. President Biden squandered (it) away.”
Mostly False
By Lawrence Andrea • November 1, 2022
Debbie Lesko
Debbie Lesko
stated on August 30, 2022 in a tweet:
Electric vehicles are unaffordable because “the average cost of replacing an electric vehicle battery is over $10,000, while the average cost of replacing the battery of a gas-powered car is $100 to $200.”
Mostly False
By Haley Tenore • October 19, 2022
Joe Manchin
Joe Manchin
stated on September 20, 2022 in a tweet:
“Over the past 5 years, natural gas costs have gone up over 200%” in the United States.
Half-True
By Aiddia Mitchell, Jasper Birmingham Jr • October 18, 2022
JD Vance
JD Vance
stated on October 10, 2022 in a debate:
“Tim Ryan when he ran for president two years ago … supported banning fracking both on public lands and generally speaking.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 11, 2022
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