The Freedom from Oil Campaign, formerly known as Jumpstart Ford, is working to end America’s oil addiction, stop oil wars, and curb global warming by convincing the auto industry to dramatically improve fuel efficiency and eliminate vehicle greenhouse gas emissions.
Our goal is a world with no gasoline stations, no oil-funded dictatorships, no oil wars, no oil spills, and no oil refineries. We believe everyone should have access to mass transit and a better bicycle transportation infrastructure. We work with communities to create local transportation campaigns to green municipal and university fleets and to create policies that incentivize and promote walking, biking and mass transportation.
We also acknowledge the American love affair with cars and trucks, and we envision a world in which people can go to a car dealer and have the option to buy an affordable, union-made, pollution-free, petroleum-free vehicle. It's time for the auto industry to move beyond the antiquated internal combustion engine.
Oil prices are at an all-time high, U.S. automakers are laying off workers, gas-guzzling SUVs are sitting unsold at dealerships, and American soldiers and innocent civilians are dying in Iraq. At a time like this, we expect vision, ingenuity, and determination from our automakers. It’s time for the American auto industry to live up to its reputation for innovation and lead the way to an oil-free future.
Innovative technologies that could solve America’s oil addiction and climate crisis are available, and the public is ready for them to be implemented. Whether it’s Ford, GM, Chrysler or Toyota, one of the automakers needs to step up and truly lead the car industry by revolutionizing fuel economy. If automakers intend to a) stay in business in the coming century, b) protect good union jobs, and c) ensure stable, long-term dividends for their shareholders, they must produce the ultra-fuel-efficient vehicles that customers want.
