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Fwd: Fw: [RAV4-EV] ALERT: Contact Senators TODAY for Oil Security
Amendments
Pete Eckhoff
teaaprez at yahoo.com
Thu Jun 23 21:32:43 EDT 2005
Time to act..
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> Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2005 14:44:00 -0400
> Subject: Fw: [RAV4-EV] ALERT: Contact Senators TODAY for Oil Security
> Amendments
> From: Dave Goldstein <goldie.ev1 at juno.com>
>
> It is still not too late to get your faxes or phone
> calls in to support Plug-In Hybrids and related
> clean car amendments in today's (Thursday)
> Senate Energy Bill hearings on HR-6. BTW,
> I just saw a very powerful and positive appeal
> for this technology, from Senators Mary Lan-
> drieu of Louisiana and Bill Nelson of Florida
> on C-SPAN2.
>
> Note that you can send your message to
> *any* senators, not just the senators in your
> home state.
>
> Regards,
>
> Dave Goldstein
> President, EVA/DC
>
> --------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Felix Kramer <fkramer at calcars.org>
> Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2005 06:58:59 -0700
> Subject: [RAV4-EV] ALERT: Contact Senators TODAY for Oil Security
> Amendments
>
> (Please Forward Widely)
> ACTION ALERT: Help Lobby Key Senators for Oil Security Amendment
> including
> PHEVs
>
> As we described yesterday in "Senate Centrist Coalition Backing
> Plug-in
> Hybrids"
> http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/calcars-news/message/71
> today is the day to make your voice heard.
>
> Your immediate support is needed to lobby the Senate ASAP to support
> near-term Clean-Car solutions that will tackle National Security,
> Jobs
> and
> Global Warming at the same time. All you need to do is take 15
> minutes
> and
> make several phone calls and/or send faxes, to key targeted Senators
> listed
> below (and kindly forward this to encourage those in your networks to
> do
> so
> as well).
>
> We will all be asking these key Senators to vote Yes on a crucial new
> "Oil
> Security" floor amendment to the Senate Energy Bill, being introduced
>
> Thursday, June 22 by Senators Bayh, Lieberman and Salazar. (Other
> co-sponsors are expected to step forward tomorrow as well).
>
> This vital amendment will advance energy independence through several
>
> near-term petroleum reduction technologies that are not currently in
> the
> Energy Bill. (These proposals originated from the bipartisan Set
> America
>
> Free coalition http://www.setamericafree.org, of which I am an avid
> supporter.)
>
> Of particular importance are the amendment's plug-in hybrid-electric
> vehicle provisions. As you know from the work of the California Cars
> Initiative (http://www.calcars.org) and others, these next step clean
> cars
> offer very large additional petroleum reductions compared to
> gasoline-only
> hybrids (like the increasingly popular Toyota Prius). Our Senators
> need
> to
> know that Plug-In Hybrid prototypes get 100 miles to the gallon or
> more
> using today's technologies! Widespread adoption would cut America's
> dependence on oil from the volatile Middle East by millions of
> barrels a
> day. Vehicles getting 500 MPG of gasoline (with the rest coming from
> electricity and biofuels like cellulose ethanol) are feasible using
> existing technology.
>
> The Oil Security amendment also includes other important provisions
> for
> advanced bio-fuel vehicles, flex fuel vehicles, and truck stop
> electrification (which cuts diesel emissions from idling trucks by
> substituting a far cleaner plug-in option).
>
> All of these approaches are needed to end our current single sourcing
>
> (America's transportation sector is currently 97% dependent on
> petroleum). This a national security issue as well as a hidden drag
> on
> our
> economy given record breaking high oil prices that help support
> terrorist
>
> friendly regimes. In addition, transportation emissions constitute
> over
> 30%
> of America's greenhouse gas emissions, making clean-cars solutions
> central
> to fighting global warming as well as air pollution that is causing
> unprecedented increases in asthma.
>
> The newly proposed "Oil Security" amendment focuses on research,
> development and demonstration (RD&D) to advance these key clean tech
> solutions. The amendment may also establish future tax credits to
> incentivize manufacturers to build advanced hybrid and advanced
> diesel
> vehicles, as well as tax credits for those undertaking advanced
> bio-fuel
> vehicle and infrastructure development projects.
>
> Your phone calls and faxes are needed IMMEDIATELY to the targeted
> Senators
> listed below!
>
> Support is developing from both sides of the aisle, so this key
> amendment
>
> stands a good shot at adoption on the Senate floor. But we have to
> get
> out
> votes from more Democrats and Republicans. In the process we will be
> educating even reluctant Senators that Americans in both parties are
> serious and "get it" about the need to advance clean car technologies
> to
> help our Country become more energy independent, faster to improve
> our
> national security and economy/jobs.
>
> MAKING YOUR CALLS (OR SENDING FAXES) IS EASY:
> Ask to speak to the energy policy staffer if possible. Otherwise,
> simply
> say you want to register an opinion on an Energy Bill Amendment (as
> follows): -----------
>
> " I ask the Senator to support the "oil security" floor amendment to
> the
> Senate Energy Bill (S. 10) just introduced by Senators Lieberman,
> Salazar
>
> and Bayh. This important amendment supports several key near-term
> petroleum
> reduction technologies not in the current bill. I join the bipartisan
> Set
>
> America Free Coalition in being particularly excited about the
> amendment's
> plug-in hybrid electric vehicle provisions. Plug-in hybrids can get
> over
>
> 100 miles per gallon using today's technologies, thus offering very
> large
>
> additional petroleum reductions compared to the current increasingly
> popular hybrids.
>
> The Oil Security amendment also includes other excellent provisions
> furthering advanced bio-fuel and flex-fuel vehicle development, as
> well
> as
> truck stop electrification to reduce diesel emissions from idling
> trucks.
>
> All these clean-tech solutions will help America reduce its current
> 97%
> dependence on oil for transportation fuel. This is important to our
> national security issue as well as to stop the hidden drag on our
> economy
>
> caused by today's record breaking oil prices. These clean tech
> solutions
>
> will also create high wage, high tech jobs America needs. I urge the
> Senator to support this sensible Oil Security amendment."
> ----------------------------------
>
> AN EVEN BETTER CHOICE IS FAXING A WRITTEN REQUEST (nothing gets
> garbled):
> Kindly take a few moments to craft a faxable letter personalizing the
> above
> text (using info from the attached fact sheets), then fax it to
> each/all
>
> of the Senators' fax numbers provided below.
> You can include at the top: "To: The Senator's Energy Policy Staff"
> and
> "Re: Request That The Senator Support the Oil Security Amendment to
> the
> Energy Bill (S. 10)"
>
> *******************************
>
> Below are two priority lists of Senators we need to reach in large
> numbers
> by phone and fax ASAP
> The first lists priority Democratic Senators, and the second lists
> key
> Republican Senators to reach.
>
> A. Democratic Senators to reach -- the first five are the most
> important
>
> 1) Robert Byrd (D-West Virginia)
> 202 224-3954
> Fax 202 228-0002
>
> 2) Kent Conrad (D-North Dakota)
> 202 224-2043
> Fax 202 224-7776
>
> 3) Byron Dorgan (D-North Dakota)
> 202 224-2251
> Fax 202 224-1193
>
> 4) Mark Pryor (D-Arkansas)
> 202 224-2353
> Fax 202 228-0908
>
> 5) Max Baucus (D-Montana)
> 202 224-2651
> Fax 202 224-0515
>
> 6) Any other Dems/Indeps from the Centrist Coalition
>
> -- Tom Carper (D-Delaware) 202 224-244; Fax 202
> 228-2190
> -- Dianne Feinstein (D-California) 202 224-3841; Fax 202
> 228-3954
> -- Jim Jeffords (I-Vermont) 202 224-5141; Fax 202
> 228-0776
> -- Herb Kohl (D-Wisconsin) 202 224-5653; Fax 202
> 224-9787
> -- Mary Landrieu (D-Louisiana) 202 224-5824; Fax 202 224-9787
> -- Blanche Lincoln (D-Arkansas) 202 224-4843; Fax 202 228-1373
> -- Ben Nelson (D-Nebraska) 202 224-6651; Fax 202
> 228-0012
> -- Bill Nelson (D-Florida) 202 224-5274; Fax
> 202
> 228-2183
>
> 7) Any other Democrats with whom you have contacts (other than the
> sponsors Bayh, Salazar and Lieberman -- this is about getting out ALL
> our
>
> votes!).
>
>
> B. Key Republican Senators to contact (the first 6 are the most
> important
> to reach)
>
> 1) Jeff Sessions (R - Alabama)
> 202 224-4124
> fax 202 224-3149
>
> 2) Bob Bennett (R - Utah)
> 202 224-5444
> fax 202 228-1168
>
> 3) Olympia Snowe (R - Maine)
> 202 224-5344
> Fax 202 224-1946
>
> 4) Rick Santorum (R - Pennsylvania)
> 202 224-5024
> fax 202 224-0604
>
> 5) Orrin Hatch (R-Utah)
> 202 224-5251
> Fax 202 224-6331
>
> 6) Chuck Hagel (R-Nebraska)
> 202 224-4224
> Fax 224-5213
>
> 7) other Republicans on the Centrist Coalition to target:
>
> -- Susan Collins (R-Maine) 202 224-2523; Fax
> 202
> 224-2693
> -- Judd Gregg (R-New Hampshire) 202 224-3324; Fax 202
> 224-4952
> -- John McCain (R-Arizona) 202 224-2235; Fax 202
> 228-2862
> -- John Sununu (R-New Hampshire) 202 224-2841; Fax 202
> 228-4131
> -- George Voinovich (R-Ohio) 202 224-3353; Fax 202
> 228-0012
>
> 8 ) all other Republicans with whom you may have a contact.
>
> TIPS:
> You do not need to be from the Senator's State or a member of the
> same
> party to be an effective lobbyist. However, if you are, be sure to
> say
> so.
>
> Also if you know people from any of the targeted Senator's states,
> consider
> forwarding them this email with a request that they at least contact
> THEIR
> Senator(s) as listed.
>
> We particularly need calls to the listed Republican Senators, given
> that
> gaining majority support requires at least 6 Republican Senators'
> votes,
>
> even if ALL the Democrats/Independent vote Yes.
>
> REPORTING BACK: If you want to report back to me the results of your
>
> contacts, that would be most appreciated.
>
> Thanks in advance for whatever you can do to help the important cause
> of
> energy independence!
>
> -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
> Felix Kramer fkramer at calcars.org
> Founder California Cars Initiative
> http://www.calcars.org
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/calcars-news
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/priusplus
> -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
>
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Pete Eckhoff
TEAA President 2005
teaaprez at yahoo.com
http://rtpnet.org/teaa
919.477.9697(h)
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