Did you know that oil companies are already sitting on 68 million acres of leases that they aren’t even drilling? Which kind of makes you wonder: Why are Big Oil and its allies suddenly desperate to get their hands on the last few places that are still protected — our natural treasures, wildlife refuges, and pristine coastlines? They wouldn’t use the concerns caused by high gas prices as an excuse to grab it ALL, would they?

Click here to see the map!

Big Oil and its allies would like you to think that more drilling will ease your pain at the pump, but that’s not the truth.

The bottom line is this: More oil drilling will not lower gas prices or create energy independence – it will only make the world’s richest oil companies richer.

Check out our map showing how much of our country Big Oil already has.

Average Americans are being squeezed by high energy prices, and the oil companies are taking advantage to push their long-term drilling agenda. They have been spreading a map full of lies though the Internet.

Help us counter their propaganda — pass this map and the truth along to your friends and ask them to pass it along too.

Sincerely,

Greg Haegele
Director of Conservation

It is worth reading the complete article linked below, but in the end, whether what we are seeing here is the result of real “Peak Oil,” or “constrained oil” is not important. The fact still remains that we must wean ourselves from fossil fuels for national security and environmental reasons:

Saudi King Abdullah drops quiet bombshell; U.S. media sleep through it