“ Growing up and  playing on the white sand beaches of the panhandle, fishing the mangroves of SW Florida, and lobstering in the keys are all great memories I have that I want my children to also share ,  I have been beating the anti-drilling drum for years and now we need to bang that drum louder, please join me in encouraging Tallahassee leaders to support a ban on drilling and to hold the oil companies that are currently drilling to a higher standard.” - Cole Peacock

New ways to Fuel our lifestyles.

Painless ways to lower our personal consumption of petroleum-

Petroleum has become ubiquitous in a variety of everyday products that have nothing to do with the gas pump. Here are a few suggestions that if implemented by more people nation and even worldwide, could make a huge impact on the existing levels of petroleum consumption:

• Switch to corn based plastics, for more information click here   http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/10022381.html
• Buy products that use recyclable materials such as glass and aluminum
• Purchase products that are minimally packaged
• Eliminate plastic bags when you shop by bringing your own reusable bags
• Ride your bike more or join a carpool
• Purchase local or organic foods that do not use petroleum based fertilizers and herbicides but that are farmed more sustainably
• Visit your local grower or farmers market, the closer its grown the less gas it takes to get to your table
• Grow your own food

Buy non-petroleum based personal care and cleaning products which can be in everything from lipstick, shampoo, laundry detergent, and sponges  for more information on petrochemicals click here

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrochemicals

Additional information on Us and its petroleum consumption    http://www.eia.doe.gov/ask/crudeoil_faqs.asp