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The Zero Emissions Campaign

28 Mar 2006 19:46 (Edited: 28 Mar 2006 19:46)

Breaking America’s Oil Addiction

America is Addicted to Oil

Right now, every ecosystem on earth is noticeably impacted by the effects of our oil addiction; from drilling, to shipping, to refining oil is a toxic industry. With 70% of our oil coming from conflict regions, the oil economy funds war, props up dictators, and subverts the principles of peace and democracy. And don’t forget about climate change, which has already raised global temperatures to unprecedented levels. While the problem is complex, the solution is strikingly simple: if the auto industry embraced fuel
efficiency, we would break our oil addiction. The Rainforest Action Network and Global Exchange have joined together to campaign to end the auto industry’s dependence on oil.

The Auto Industry Drives Our Addiction

The Big Three Love to Guzzle Gas.

1 out of every 7 barrels of the world’s oil is consumed on US highways. The top 3 U.S. automakers are responsible for more CO2 emissions than all but 4 countries (U.S., China, Japan and Russia). And after 30 years of efforts to increase fuel efficiency standards, the average US car guzzles more gas today than it did in the Reagan years.

Oil Companies Won’t Stop Drilling As Long As We
Keep Consuming Oil.

After years of efforts to cancel destructive petroleum projects, environmental & human rights advocates have strikingly little to show
for our efforts. When we persuade an oil company to abandon a project, another fills in the gap. One petroleum development shutting down is a drop in the bucket to the global oil industry. The bottom line is that we must curb the demand for petroleum that fuels the quest for oil.

Personal Lifestyle Changes Aren’t Enough.

We might try to drive less, bike more, or take public transportation, but as long as the automakers keep producing gas guzzlers, our efforts will be cancelled out. To break our collective oil addiction, we must insist that the auto industry commit to petroleum free, pollution free alternatives NOW.

Why Jumpstart Ford?

Ford Motor Company has the worst overall fuel efficiency of any major automaker in America according to the United States Environmental Protection Agency. In fact, for the past five straight years, and for 20 of the past 30 years, Ford cars and trucks have been the nation’s top gas guzzlers.

Ironically, 80-years ago the Ford Model-T could travel 24 miles on every gallon of gasoline; today the average Ford vehicle can only travel 18.8 miles on that same gallon. What’s more, the Union of Concerned Scientists reports that Ford vehicles emit more global warming greenhouse gasses than any major automaker in America.

Ford is Leading Us in the Wrong Direction.

As one of the largest corporations and one of the biggest brands in the US, Ford should lead the way with fuel efficiency innovation. If they wanted to, Ford could use existing technology to immediately improve the fuel economy of its gasoline-only cars and trucks to 40 mpg, or build a fleet of plug-in hybrid gas-electric cars to get 60 mpg. Instead, Ford discontinued the zeroemission Ford Ranger EV which didn’t use any gas while providing the same horse power as gas guzzling pick ups. The solutions are here; that’s why we are asking Ford to commit to a fleet-wide average of 50 miles per gallon by 2010 and a fleet of zero emissions vehicles by 2020.

“Clearly, the entire industry
could build nothing but zero
emissions cars today if it
wanted to.”
-Niel Golightly, Ford’s Director of
Environmental Strategies USA Today
September 2, 2004

Intervene By Adopting a Ford Dealer

The public face of Ford Motor Company is its dealers. There are over 13,000 dealerships worldwide for Ford and its subsidiary brands, Lincoln, Mercury, Volvo, Jaguar and Land Rover. Most dealers are independent businesses, and many of them agree that it’s time to kick America’s oil addiction. The easiest way to join the campaign for a sustainable, petroleum-free future is to find a Ford dealer near you, ask for a meeting, and launch your own intervention to stop Ford from driving America’s oil addiction!

The Time is Now

Global warming is happening; the debate over the future of today’s inefficient internal combustion engine is over. It’s not a matter of if Ford will manufacture a zero-emission fleet, but when. The first automaker to market a zero-emission automobile may be the only automaker left producing, or allowed to produce, cars in the 21st century.

What You Can Do
♣ Adopt a Ford dealer near you

♣ Declare Independence from Oil at
www.freedomfromoil.com

♣ Write or Call Bill Ford Jr. and tell him to stop
driving America’s Oil Addiction.
1-800-392-3673
-or-
Ford Motor Company
The American Road
Dearborn, MI 48120

♣ Go to www.jumpstartford.com to learn more
and Join the Campaign!

Did You Know?
• The United States is responsible for 25% of
the world’s greenhouse gas emissions and
yet has only 5% of the world’s population.
• The US is populated by 220 million
automobiles; each vehicle generates 50 to
100 tons of carbon in its lifetime.
• Americans use more oil per person than any
other developed nation on Earth.
• Over 1600 Americans have died in the war
for oil in Iraq.
• 70%of America’s oil comes from conflict
regions with 40 percent coming directly from
undemocratic countries in the Middle East.
• Climate change will threaten up to 34% of all
plant and animal species by 2050, including
up to 87% of plant species in the Amazon
rainforest.

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Global Exchange • Rainforest Action Network • The Ruckus Society

 

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