[Peace] URGENT: Call Sen. Fitzgerald NOW for oil independence. (fwd)

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Date: 28 Jan 2002 21:30:08 -0000
From: "Wes Boyd, MoveOn.Org"
    <moveon-help-382-55226-EpObt1P64hYlEIMCsYxq1g at list.moveon.org>
To: Paul Patton <ppatton at uiuc.edu>
Subject: URGENT: Call Sen. Fitzgerald NOW for oil independence.

Dear Friend of MoveOn,

Reducing America's dependence on oil may be the single biggest step
forward we can take for our national security, as well as for our
economy and environment.  You can help make it happen today by calling
Senator Fitzgerald NOW.

Our cars, trucks, and SUVs consume more oil today than at any time in
the last 21 years, despite advances in technology -- we simply aren't
doing our best with what we have.  Why?  Congress has not raised mileage
standards since 1988.  But now they are finally considering an increase.

The key question is, how much?  A 40 mpg standard would save as much
oil as we import from Saudi Arabia, and it's the quickest, surest route
to energy security.  Recent studies* show that we can reach a 40 mpg
average over ten years.  But car and oil companies want to do much less.

Your Senator, Peter Fitzgerald, sits on the Commerce Committee, which is
negotiating the number now.  Your call could make a real difference.
Please call him NOW at:

  Senator:  Peter Fitzgerald
  DC Phone: 202-224-2854
  DC Fax:   202-228-1372

Make sure his staff knows you're a constituent.  Then urge him to:

  "Please support a CAFE** standard of 40 mpg by 2012."

Please make your call NOW.  A deal could be struck at any minute.

Finally, please let us know you're making this critical call, at:

http://www.moveon.org/callsb.html?id=382-55226-EpObt1P64hYlEIMCsYxq1g

We'd like to keep a count.  Thank you.

Sincerely,

- Wes Boyd
  MoveOn.org
  January 28, 2002

* Recent studies by the National Academy of Sciences and the Union of
Concerned Scientists support this conclusion.

** "CAFE" stands for "Corporate Average Fuel Economy," or the average
gas mileage of all cars sold by a company.

PS: President Bush's recent announcement on fuel cells highlights a
promising long-term solution, but fuel cells won't come online for
about 20 years at the earliest.  We need to take the common-sense,
near-term step of increasing CAFE standards now.  Please call today.
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