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Stand in solidarity: Say NO to oil for one day!

I pledge to not use oil or oil products for one day.

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Across the globe, oil companies are taking advantage of people with little political voice, and exploiting their lands and homes by using cheap, antiquated technologies, and not employing proper environmental monitoring.

We are asking that for one day you say no to oil: leave your car in the garage, bring your own cloth bag to the market, don't use cosmetics made from petroleum, buy local products, etc. It might be hard, but by saying no to oil for one day, we can start to be aware of how much oil we actually use, and begin to limit our use on a regular basis.

Sign this pledge as a first step in your commitment to reduce oil consumption, and stand in solidarity with those whose homes and health are affected by oil exploitation every day.

Also, please let us know how YOU went about saying no to oil by leaving your ideas in the comment section. This will give us all better ideas on how we can limit our oil consumption.

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Instead of taking a pledge for one day I think it would be better if people focused on the alternatives. This pledge is still focused on oil. It's time people shifted their thinking and realise that there is "free energy" and the technology is being suppressed. What about a petition and cause around free energy/zero point energy technology being openly researched in the public domain. Then and only then can we move forward and create the environment we truely want.

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Altus Pienaar

Free energy will not be completely oil free. Many of the components made for solar panels and wind turbines are made out of petro chemicals! To be more energy efficient we also need to use less of it and start to do more manual work. Renewable energy can not sustain our current energy demands and the manufacture of this kind of equipment is not as renewable as they might sound. I see it only as part solution!

Lee-Anne Stone

Hi. I'm not talking about solar or wind. But, yes we may still need oil to make products however this would be minute compared to using oil to create energy. I encourage people to Google free energy or zero-point energy. This is quantum physics stuff. Or watch Thrive movie on YouTube I think that has some info in it. Or search Tesla and see where that takes you. The technology is suppressed, it's a matter of more people getting to know about it. :-)

This is hard, but we can all try!

Amanda Garratt

And thank you for trying!

Lets work together!

Sam Omniscient

My thoughts too Mike, not sure most peeps realise what's involved..

Does this happen on a particular day? Can we share more ideas on how to make this possible. I love the idea and believe it can become huge!

Amanda Garratt

Great idea Altus! We have now asked people to write how they said no to oil in the comment section to give all of us more ideas. If we get enough positive responses from this pledge, we will plan another one soon for a set date. Many thanks for your comments!

OJO nos ponen de ejemplo el exito dePetrobras y mira las porquerias que hacen!

These are a good UK group .... www.sustrans.org.uk

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