Energy Freedom Day

Will you join Senator Jim DeMint and Representative Jeb Hensarling and commit to protecting October 1, 2008 as American Energy Freedom Day?

On October 1, America will celebrate Energy Freedom Day when the bans on offshore drilling and oil shale recovery will end. Right off our shores there are reserves estimated to hold over 18 billion barrels of oil and 55 trillion cubic feet of natural gas. And in America’s West, oil shale is estimated to between 800 billion and 2 trillion barrels of oil — more than three times the proven oil reserves in Saudi Arabia.

Tapping these sources of American energy are desperately needed to lower gas prices AND reduce our dependence on foreign oil. But for over 20 years, Democrats have blocked access to this American energy.

And even now, at the height of an energy crisis that have sent gas prices sky-high, Democrats in Congress plan to extend the ban on American energy production.

Democrats will try to sneak a new extension of the ban into a must-pass government spending bill before the end of September. Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid are so beholden to extreme environmentalists that they would rather force a government shutdown than help lower the cost of gas and home energy for struggling American families.

Senator DeMint and Representative Hensarling are committed to protecting American Energy Freedom Day. They have launched a new website at www.energyfreedomday.com to spread the word, but they need your help in these four important tasks:

1. Sign the Energy Freedom Day petition to Congress by clicking here.

2. Get 5 friends, family members, or coworkers to sign the Energy Freedom Day petition.

3. Send this email to 5 friends around the country so they can contact their Senators and Representatives and urge them to support American Energy Freedom Day.

4. Share www.energyfreedomday.com by embedding the countdown widget on your blog.

You might be feeling a little relief at the pump this week, but you know it’s only temporary. America needs permanent solutions and it starts by protecting American Energy Freedom Day.

Please visit www.energyfreedomday.com today.To go there click on the title of this article.