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No to Offshore Drilling, Yes to Energy Innovation

Target: U.S. Congress, U.S. Senate
Sponsored by: Environmental Defense Fund

The era of cheap oil is over. Lifting the offshore drilling ban will not bring it back.

Proposals for more drilling are deceptive and dangerous. The only way to free ourselves from expensive oil is to get off oil. And the best way to do that is to support market-based policies that unleash clean energy innovation.

Take action now -- Tell your members of Congress that you oppose lifting the ban on offshore drilling and that you support energy innovation to get us off oil.

deadline: 7-23-2009
goal: 5,000

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Dear decision-maker,

The era of cheap oil is over and opening up environmentally sensitive areas to oil drilling will not bring it back.

Offshore oil exploration is slow and costly. The Energy Information Agency estimates that opening the coasts to offshore drilling would have no significant impact on oil prices before 2030.

The EIA also estimates that opening up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge would reduce the cost of gas by only a few pennies per gallon, and not until 2027.

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We are in the age of technology. Money is an illusion we are all forced to live by.Technological advances have already streamlined the way of the future. When are you antiques of the past going to wake up to the realization of tomorrow? Getting rid of the greed to try and live in harmony with nature is the only way to go. It's time to wake up.

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