FACTS ABOUT OIL

1.) OUR NATION POSSESSES ONLY 3% of the WORLDS OILRESERVES BUT CONSUMES 25% OF THE WORLD'S OIL SUPPLY,THEREFORE WE CAN NEVER DRILL OUR WAY TO ENERGY SELFSUFFICIENCY

2.) OUR COASTAL WATERS AND OTHER NATURAL TREASURESWOULD SUPPLY ONLY A TINY FRACTION OF OUR OIL NEEDS ANDWOULD THEREFORE PROLONG ENERGY INSECURITY WHILESENSELESSLY DESTROYING OUR NATURAL HERITAGE

3.) THE ONLY WAY TO REDUCE OUR VULNERABILITY TODEVASTATING OIL SPILLS, CATASTROPHIC GLOBAL WARMING,OIL SUPPLY DISRUPTIONS AND PRICE SHOCKS IS TODRAMATICALLY REDUCE OUR DEPENDENCE ON OIL.

4.)( WE COULD SAVE AT LEAST 2.5 MILLION BARRELS OF OILPER DAY OVER THE NEXT 10 YRS -- MORE THAN WE CURRENTLYIMPORT DAILY FROM THE PERSIAN GULF - BY PROMOTINGCLEANER, FUEL EFFICIENT VEHICLES, MAKING RENEWABLEBIOFYUELS WIDELY AVBAILABLE< IMPROVING ENERGYEFFICIENCY IN OUR HOMES AND BUSINESSES AND FUNDINGMORE PUBLIC TRANSIT IN OUR COMMUNITIES.

5.) BREAKING OUR ADDICTION TO OIL WILL PRESERVE OURENVIRONMENT, SLOW GLOBAL WARMING, SAVE US BILLIONS OFDOLLARS, AND LESSEN OUR DEPENDENCE ON UNDEMOCRATICFOREIGN GOVERNMENTS. ------------------------------

I CALL UPON OUR ELECTED LEADERS TO MAKE A NATIONALCOMMITMENT TO SAVE AT LEAST 2.5 MILLION BARRELS OF OILPER DAY BY 2015, SET ENFORCEABLE LIMITS ON GLOBALWARMING POLLUTION , AND SET US ON A PATH TOWARD ACLEANER, MORE SUSTAINABLE ENERGY FUTURE. MAKE ALTERNATIVE ENERGY A REALITY