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Tell Automakers Why You Want Green Cars Today
Target: CEOs of world's six largest automakers, DaimlerChrysler, Ford, General Motors, Honda, Nissan, ToyotaSponsored by: The Center for a New American Dream
The need for fuel-efficient cars has never been greater. With just four percent of the world's population, the United States consumes a quarter of global oil consumption; U.S. passenger vehicles alone guzzle 10 percent of the world's oil!
We spent $250 billion on this oil habit last year alone, and as a result we're less secure, more polluted, and economically weaker.
Existing technology such as advanced hybrid engines could dramatically decrease our oil consumption -- if only more automakers would grasp the urgency of the situation and incorporate efficient technology in many more vehicles.
Think about the people, places, and things that would be better off if automakers do their part to help us break our oil dependence and transition to a more sustainable future. Then encapsulate these images into your favorite art form, or just a simple note, and add that to this petition. We'll deliver your comments and images to Detroit and Tokyo. We want Bill Ford, Rick Wagoner, and the other CEOs to truly grasp what's at risk... and to respond.
Existing technology such as advanced hybrid engines could dramatically decrease our oil consumption -- if only more automakers would grasp the urgency of the situation and incorporate efficient technology in many more vehicles.
Think about the people, places, and things that would be better off if automakers do their part to help us break our oil dependence and transition to a more sustainable future. Then encapsulate these images into your favorite art form, or just a simple note, and add that to this petition. We'll deliver your comments and images to Detroit and Tokyo. We want Bill Ford, Rick Wagoner, and the other CEOs to truly grasp what's at risk... and to respond.
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# 50:
9:28 am PST, Dec 30,
Erin Smith, Pennsylvania
# 49:
9:27 am PST, Dec 30,
Name not displayed, United Kingdom
# 48:
9:24 am PST, Dec 30,
Patrick Stansberry, Iowa
The technology is there to make cars that get better gas mileage. As gas prices rise, now is the time to make cars that are better for our environment.
The technology is there to make cars that get better gas mileage. As gas prices rise, now is the time to make cars that are better for our environment.
# 47:
9:00 am PST, Dec 30,
Sue Harrington, California
sustainable living! our environment needs this NOW! might be fewer dead soldiers.
sustainable living! our environment needs this NOW! might be fewer dead soldiers.
# 46:
8:58 am PST, Dec 30,
Name not displayed, Arkansas
# 45:
8:46 am PST, Dec 30,
Matthew Whitcomb, Colorado
Why not?
Why not?
# 44:
8:39 am PST, Dec 30,
David Dunkleberger, Pennsylvania
# 43:
8:22 am PST, Dec 30,
Mark A. Zappone, New Jersey
We need them!!!
We need them!!!
# 42:
8:19 am PST, Dec 30,
Donica Calhoun, Georgia
# 41:
7:48 am PST, Dec 30,
Martha Rickman, California
You better start paying more attention to the people who are working on solutions instead of thinking about the cost of switching over to alternative fuels or means of operating transport vehicles. Otherwise the cost in the long run is going to be far greater!
You better start paying more attention to the people who are working on solutions instead of thinking about the cost of switching over to alternative fuels or means of operating transport vehicles. Otherwise the cost in the long run is going to be far greater!
# 40:
7:32 am PST, Dec 30,
SHANNON DODGE, Texas
Because gas is too expensive, it is not enviromental friendly, there are better alternatives.
Because gas is too expensive, it is not enviromental friendly, there are better alternatives.
# 39:
6:51 am PST, Dec 30,
Chandra Patel, Tennessee
# 38:
6:34 am PST, Dec 30,
Ashley Winkler, Texas
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6:18 am PST, Dec 30,
Robert Andrews, Florida
Who wants to continue to breath bad air all th time. |
# 36:
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5:58 am PST, Dec 30,
Jim Rahn, California
We have the technology, so use it! Myself, I recently acquired an all electric motor scooter for commuting to work and for errands and it only takes me a few minutes longer than using a gas powered vehicle, PLUS IT ONLY COSTS APPROXIMATELY $7 A MONTH TO RUN. |
# 35:
5:47 am PST, Dec 30,
Christine Nadon, Canada
# 34:
5:13 am PST, Dec 30,
Susan Reeves, Louisiana
# 33:
4:51 am PST, Dec 30,
Name not displayed, North Dakota
# 32:
4:51 am PST, Dec 30,
Name not displayed, Canada
# 31:
4:17 am PST, Dec 30,
Lilith Graves, Florida
To make a better tomorrow and to give the earth time to heal from all the pollution.
To make a better tomorrow and to give the earth time to heal from all the pollution.
# 30:
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3:01 am PST, Dec 30,
Thomas Pirovano, Switzerland
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# 29:
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2:46 am PST, Dec 30,
Robert Negut, Romania
I will never buy a car that's not at least hybrid. If the technology exists, use it! It means less running costs, less pollution and less use of non-renewable resources. |
# 28:
2:09 am PST, Dec 30,
Donna Martin, Canada
Put an end to toxic fumes.
Put an end to toxic fumes.
# 27:
2:05 am PST, Dec 30,
Martin Forpresident, New York
we can not survive in a world being choked by toxic emissions.
we can not survive in a world being choked by toxic emissions.
# 26:
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12:56 am PST, Dec 30,
Barbara Tomlinson, Washington
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# 25:
12:21 am PST, Dec 30,
Franziska Eber, Germany
I hope I will never need to drive - but should the necessity arise, it would make me feel awful to waste our limited resources.
I hope I will never need to drive - but should the necessity arise, it would make me feel awful to waste our limited resources.
# 24:
11:37 pm PST, Dec 29,
Emily Sadler, Massachusetts
# 23:
11:25 pm PST, Dec 29,
Tanya Nordberg, California
# 22:
11:14 pm PST, Dec 29,
Benjamin W Kilgore, Georgia
# 21:
11:04 pm PST, Dec 29,
Cindy Pomplun, California
# 20:
10:44 pm PST, Dec 29,
Name not displayed, California
# 19:
10:26 pm PST, Dec 29,
Ann Staley, Texas
# 18:
10:21 pm PST, Dec 29,
Pam Boland, Georgia
# 17:
9:47 pm PST, Dec 29,
Cindy Singh, Washington
I WANTED A GREEN CAR YESTERDAY...WE NEED MORE HYBRIDS SO WE CAN TRADE IN THESE TOXIC BOMBS THAT SHOULD OF BEEN REPLACED LONG AGO...
I WANTED A GREEN CAR YESTERDAY...WE NEED MORE HYBRIDS SO WE CAN TRADE IN THESE TOXIC BOMBS THAT SHOULD OF BEEN REPLACED LONG AGO...
# 16:
9:42 pm PST, Dec 29,
Terry O'Neal, Virginia
Reliance on foreign oil and the subsequent consequences decrease as miles per gallon increase. What more do automakers need to know? Unless oil companies and automakers are conspiring to kill, this should be a no-brainer!
Reliance on foreign oil and the subsequent consequences decrease as miles per gallon increase. What more do automakers need to know? Unless oil companies and automakers are conspiring to kill, this should be a no-brainer!
# 15:
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9:09 pm PST, Dec 29,
Kerrie D'ercole, Massachusetts
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# 14:
9:06 pm PST, Dec 29,
Meghan Stamatopoulos, New Jersey
# 13:
8:56 pm PST, Dec 29,
Bess Katerinsky, New York
# 12:
8:34 pm PST, Dec 29,
Blue Berry Mary, Texas
# 11:
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8:30 pm PST, Dec 29,
Diana Wasem, Illinois
Thank you for all the cars that have been made better and please keep working to find and build better cars! I want my neice and nephew to live in a beautiful world! |
# 10:
8:00 pm PST, Dec 29,
Sara McKinley, California
# 9:
7:21 pm PST, Dec 29,
Richard Artley, Idaho
Soon the world's sources of fossil fuels under terrain that could be drilled without an ecological tragedy will be gone. Simple economics dictates that when a commodity is in short supply, the price of it must go up. Gas and diesel should cost Americans $10/gallon now. If we wait till its gone, green cars are the only alternative. GM and Ford get smart. Prepare for this now! One good way to do this is to make it a felony to buy and drive a Humvee.
Soon the world's sources of fossil fuels under terrain that could be drilled without an ecological tragedy will be gone. Simple economics dictates that when a commodity is in short supply, the price of it must go up. Gas and diesel should cost Americans $10/gallon now. If we wait till its gone, green cars are the only alternative. GM and Ford get smart. Prepare for this now! One good way to do this is to make it a felony to buy and drive a Humvee.
# 8:
6:54 pm PST, Dec 29,
Lauri Peacock, New Mexico
# 7:
6:51 pm PST, Dec 29,
Warren Gold, California
It is time that US automakers stopped building SUVs and focus green cars instead.
It is time that US automakers stopped building SUVs and focus green cars instead.
# 6:
6:51 pm PST, Dec 29,
Lauren Hotchkiss, California
Internal combustion vehicles are based on Nineteenth century technology, a technology that has proven to be both harmful to our ecology and its fuel to be the cause of current and recent wars. It is also inefficient when compared to alternative fuel vehicles.
Internal combustion vehicles are based on Nineteenth century technology, a technology that has proven to be both harmful to our ecology and its fuel to be the cause of current and recent wars. It is also inefficient when compared to alternative fuel vehicles.
# 5:
6:49 pm PST, Dec 29,
Fred Fall, New Jersey
# 4:
6:27 pm PST, Dec 29,
Kathryn Pepper, North Carolina
# 3:
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6:08 pm PST, Dec 29,
Bruce Combs, Virginia
My wife and I want our grandchildren -- and yours, too! -- to have at least as much opportunity as we do to enjoy nature and all its varied and wondrous wildlife all over the world. Fortunately for us, we can afford that kind of travel, but no amount of money can replace what has already disappeared or been destroyed. The world simply cannot afford to lose any more of its marvelous creatures or their precious habitat. Global warming will destroy much of life’s habitat. And current cars are a great dcontribution to global warming! |
# 2:
6:03 pm PST, Dec 29,
Maria Maldonado, Mexico
# 1:
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3:12 pm PST, Dec 29,
Rebecca Young, California
I recently read that polar bears are drowning in the Arctic because of the sea ice melting. I can't bear the thought that my energy use is directly contributing to the deaths of polar bears, penguins, and other arctic animals, not to mention the human lives lost from catastrophic flooding and hurricanes caused or exacerbated by global warming. The technology exists to make cleaner cars, and it is criminal not to do so. Please think about your children and grandchildren, and do the right thing. |