KICK THE OIL HABIT

When President Bush took office in 2001, the average price of a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline was $1.47. Today the average price is $2.89 and it’s much more in many places. This surge in gas prices has hit a nerve for many around the country, reminding us of an economy that is increasingly uncertain for the middle-class, a growing addiction to oil that draws us ever closer to dictators and despots, and a fragile global position with a climate that is increasingly out of balance.

It's time to rise to the challenge and Kick the Oil Habit.

Join me and thousands of others by taking action at www.KicktheOilHabit.org

We just launched a campaign to take on Big Oil companies and demand better energy solutions. Please take a moment to visit our site and watch our powerful video that shows how Big Oil and their backers in Washington are profiting while working Americans are paying more.

www.KicktheOilHabit.org

Thank you,
Robert Redford on behalf of the Kick the Oil Habit campaign.

Greenspan: US Has No Control Over Oil Prices..."We Are Not Going To Have Oil Independence Again"...

Washington Times Patrice Hill June 8, 2006 at 09:28 AM

Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan yesterday said the United States has no control over oil prices, which are now in the hands of big state-owned oil companies, and it will not have energy independence any time soon unless it produces technological breakthroughs on ethanol or alternative fuels.

Today's high gasoline prices rankle consumers and stir up political passions, but are not having a big impact on the economy because of the flexibility brought about by open international markets that have been financing U.S. purchases of foreign oil and gas, he testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in his first congressional appearance since retiring from the Fed Jan. 31.

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