To: President Donald Trump, The Oregon State House, The Oregon State Senate, Governor Kate Brown, The United States House of Representatives, and The United States Senate
Capping CO2 emissions to save our Planet.
Keeping a Promise to Our Children
On election night last November, President Obama made a promise. He committed to take bold action to reclaim our nation’s legacy as the “global leader in technology and discovery and innovation” and to ensure our children grow up unafraid of the “destructive power of a warming planet.”
Fulfilling this climate promise means dramatically cutting the use of oil and other petroleum products, the largest source of global warming emissions in the U.S. Reclaiming our nation’s technology and innovation legacy means becoming a global leader in the transportation technology that will dramatically cut oil use. And giving American’s real relief from the hundreds of billions of dollars we spend each year on oil and the recessions caused by oil price spikes means dramatically cutting oil use.
Or, to put it more simply, using less is the real oil solution.
Of course, let’s not kid ourselves. If the President works to fulfill this promise, he’s going to get a lot of push back. Oil companies and their allies are making a killing selling us oil in its many forms and they are going to fight hard to block the progress that would mean more money in our pockets and less in theirs.
So, let the President know that you are tired of the high costs and many problems our oil use creates. Tell him you will fight alongside him as oil companies push back, and urge him to keep his promise to our children and commit to making the Half the Oil Plan a reality.
On election night last November, President Obama made a promise. He committed to take bold action to reclaim our nation’s legacy as the “global leader in technology and discovery and innovation” and to ensure our children grow up unafraid of the “destructive power of a warming planet.”
Fulfilling this climate promise means dramatically cutting the use of oil and other petroleum products, the largest source of global warming emissions in the U.S. Reclaiming our nation’s technology and innovation legacy means becoming a global leader in the transportation technology that will dramatically cut oil use. And giving American’s real relief from the hundreds of billions of dollars we spend each year on oil and the recessions caused by oil price spikes means dramatically cutting oil use.
Or, to put it more simply, using less is the real oil solution.
Of course, let’s not kid ourselves. If the President works to fulfill this promise, he’s going to get a lot of push back. Oil companies and their allies are making a killing selling us oil in its many forms and they are going to fight hard to block the progress that would mean more money in our pockets and less in theirs.
So, let the President know that you are tired of the high costs and many problems our oil use creates. Tell him you will fight alongside him as oil companies push back, and urge him to keep his promise to our children and commit to making the Half the Oil Plan a reality.
Why is this important?
Global Warming is a very real and present danger. Continuing on the course we are on, we are facing the extinction of 40 - 70% species when we hit +3.5* above normal average global temperatures. Unless we drastically target CO2 emissions we could see the end of humanity within 100 years. Let's make this a Global Priority instead of just another profit hurdle for large corporations! Let's finally let Science triumph over Greed.