President Barack Obama has been touting energy reform during the long road to November.
"We have doubled our use of renewable energy, and thousands of Americans have jobs today building wind turbines and long-lasting batteries," he said during his acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention in early September.
And he's repeated the remarks at stops in Florida, Colorado and Nevada.
It's a nice campaign statement, but it's a stretch of the truth. Only wind and solar power have doubled, but total renewable energy is far from doubling on his watch. And that reality earns the president the Whopper of the Week, a distinction given by the Washington Guardian to call attention to misleading comments from political leaders.
According to information from the U.S. Energy Information Administration, wind and solar power have doubled since Obama came into office. Wind went from 55.4 million megawatthours in 2008 to 119.7 million in 2011. Meanwhile, solar went from 864,000 megawatthours in 2008 to 1.8 million in 2011.
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"We have doubled our use of renewable energy, and thousands of Americans have jobs today building wind turbines and long-lasting batteries," he said during his acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention in early September.
And he's repeated the remarks at stops in Florida, Colorado and Nevada.
It's a nice campaign statement, but it's a stretch of the truth. Only wind and solar power have doubled, but total renewable energy is far from doubling on his watch. And that reality earns the president the Whopper of the Week, a distinction given by the Washington Guardian to call attention to misleading comments from political leaders.
According to information from the U.S. Energy Information Administration, wind and solar power have doubled since Obama came into office. Wind went from 55.4 million megawatthours in 2008 to 119.7 million in 2011. Meanwhile, solar went from 864,000 megawatthours in 2008 to 1.8 million in 2011.
Read more: http://washingtonguardian.com/green-gullibility?utm_source=TPN%20Auto%201&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=4555
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