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Latest Fact-Checks In Energy

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Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 4, 2008 Lansing, MI
Oil companies "haven't touched" 68 million acres where they already have rights to drill.
False
By Keith Perine • August 18, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 9, 2008 a television ad
John McCain worries about nuclear waste in Arizona, but not in Nevada.
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 13, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 5, 2008 a town hall in Berea, Ohio.
Fully inflating tires is "a step that every expert says would absolutely reduce our oil consumption by 3 to 4 percent."
False
By Alexander Lane • August 8, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 6, 2008 a news release
John McCain refuses to support a new bipartisan energy bill "because it would take away tax breaks from oil companies like Exxon Mobil."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 7, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 4, 2008
On using the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
Full Flop
August 5, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 30, 2008 Springfield, Mo.
"We could save all the oil that they're talking about getting off drilling, if everybody was just inflating their tires and getting regular tune-ups."
True
By Alexander Lane • August 5, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 1, 2008
On offshore drilling.
Half Flip
August 5, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on August 4, 2008 flip-o-meter
On offshore drilling.
Half Flip
By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 4, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 1, 2008 a town hall in St. Petersburg, Fla.
Obama said his proposed $1,000 emergency energy rebate "will be enough to offset the increased cost of gas for a working family over the next 4 months."
True
August 1, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on July 21, 2008 a TV ad
"Who can you thank for rising prices at the pump? O-ba-ma! O-ba-ma!"
False
By Alexander Lane • July 21, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 11, 2008 a speech in Dayton, Ohio
"We've heard talk about curbing our use of fossil fuels in nearly every State of the Union address since the oil embargo of 1973."
Mostly True
By Alexander Lane • July 18, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 11, 2008 the campaign's energy plan.
The U.S. government spends less on energy innovation "than the pet food industry invests in its own products."
False
By Shawn Zeller • July 11, 2008
Republican National Committee
Republican National Committee
stated on July 6, 2008 a TV ad.
Says Obama opposes lower gas taxes, nuclear power, new offshore drilling and doesn't have "new solutions" to the energy crisis.
Half-True
By Bill Adair • July 7, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on June 25, 2008 a Web ad.
Says Obama opposes offshore drilling and a gas tax holiday.
True
By Bill Adair • June 27, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on June 25, 2008 a Web ad
Says Obama opposes innovation, the electric car and "clean, safe, nuclear energy."
Pants on Fire!
By Bill Adair • June 27, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on June 18, 2008 Springfield, Mo.
"I've always said it's (offshore drilling) up to the states and I still say that."
Mostly True
June 26, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on June 17, 2008 Houston, Texas
We are "borrowing Saudi money for Saudi oil" with the result being "dependency and debt."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • June 20, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on June 17, 2008 Houston, Texas
"We must deal with the here and now and assure affordable fuel for America by increasing domestic production."
False
June 19, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on June 17, 2008 a speech on energy in Houston
Obama "wants a windfall profits tax on oil to go along with the new taxes he also plans for coal and natural gas."
Mostly True
By Bill Adair • June 18, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 13, 2008 a Q&A in Cape Girardeau, Mo.
A gas tax holiday is a gimmick that "every economist says will just go into the pockets of the oil companies."
Half-True
By Alexander Lane • May 21, 2008
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