We've had enough of Oil Wars. We're no longer willing to spend half our working hours paying for unprecedented corporate profits. We don't want to let our muscles rot or our minds go to waste.
We can see how the world would be a better place without wasting our grandchildren's share of a limited resource. Starting today, we will wean ourselves of personal automobiles. We'll walk or bicycle where we can and use shared transportation when we need to.
We can live without oil. The vast majority of the people who've been on this planet were just fine without cars, and we will be too.
We, the undersigned, have had enough of Oil Wars. It's obvious that the conflicts from Iraq to Georgia result from the struggle to control petroleum resources. We can no longer justify the killing, nor the environmental destruction that results from our waste of oil.
We're no longer willing to spend half our working hours paying for unprecedented corporate profits. As oil prices rise, your slice of our earned income continues to grow. Life is too precious to be wasted working for your excess.
We don't want to let our muscles rot or our minds go to waste. We know that when we produce the energy to get ourselves around, our bodies benefit from the exercise. Responsible action feels good.
We can see how the world would be a better place without wasting our grandchildren's share of a limited resource. Medicines and other needed products may be justified uses of petroleum, but we don't need to burn it to get around.
Starting today, we will wean ourselves of personal automobiles. We'll walk or bicycle for most of our daily needs, insisting that our communities be redesigned to make this more practical. We'll use shared transportation, such as public transit or rental vehicles, when we need to. Bio-fuels can probably be produced in sufficient amounts to accommodate frugal use of internal combustion.
We can live well without oil, thank you very much. We come from a proud line of ancestors who accomplished great things without cars. The majority of the people now on this planet don't have cars. We will be returning to normal when we get rid of ours.
We'll be healthier and happier living oil-free. Our hope for the planet and the human race will be renewed. Thank you for bringing us to this decision.
