Dependence Day is coming up next month. In case you don't know, we import close to two-thirds of our oil - and Dependence Day is the day when we effectively run out of our domestic supply of oil for the year.
This year, to 'celebrate' Dependence Day', I'm working to get 5,000 people to pledge that on that day - May 30th - they will drive nowhere. If just 5,000 of us take part, we will be keeping 100,000 pounds of CO2 out of the air - and sending a strong message to our elected officials that we need real solutions.
So, will you pledge to take part in Drive Nowhere Day on May 30th? Simply click the link below, or paste it into your browser, to sign the pledge.
Last year four presidential candidates took up the our Dependence Day initiative to double the gas mileage standard (and two of them are still in the race), so we're hoping for even greater success in 2008.
Drive Nowhere Day will be great for two reasons:
First, it will help reduce our consumption of oil, and hopefully a bunch of people will make every Friday Drive Nothing Day, not just May 30th
Second, we will be sending a message to our elected officials that scores of people are willing to give up their cars, if we have good public transit
So please, join me in pledging that on Dependence Day, May 30, you will drive nowhere.
And for this to work, you've got to tell your friends and family to get involved, so please, get this message out there far and wide!