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Americans consume 25 percent of the world's produced oil, yet our nation has less than 3 percent of the world's proven oil reserves. If left unchecked our appetite for oil will continue to grow, and the costs of this dangerous addiction are high. Every year we send billions of dollars overseas, much of it to hostile regimes that do not share America's values. Our addiction to oil puts the entire nation at risk, and leaves our economy vulnerable to price shocks.
Oil is a leading source of smog, particulate matter, and other toxic pollution that contributes to tens of thousands of deaths each year. Our addiction is also the cause of oil spills in our rivers and oceans, poisoning our drinking water sources, polluting our communities and destroying fragile ecosystems.
It's time to break Big Oil's stranglehold on our nation. The Sierra Club's Beyond Oil campaign aims to cut America's addiction to oil by stopping destructive and dirty fossil fuels and promoting real solutions such as smart transportation systems, clean cars, and clean, renewable energy that won't run out.
Getting off of oil in large part means changing the way we get from one place to the other. The Transportation sector is responsible for 70 percent of the oil we use, and is responsible for 30 percent of total U.S. carbon pollution.
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America's addiction to oil is strengthening the dirty fuel industry's grip on our nation and economy. There is a major battle being waged right now over a dirty tar sands pipeline to carry this destructive and toxic fuel through America's Heartland.
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