Ford likes to say it is a company of "environmental heroes," but in fact Ford is a corporate dinosaur, a company that builds primitive gas-guzzling vehicles. Ford cars and trucks account for approximately nine percent of the total annual U.S. oil consumption, and get fewer miles per gallon than they did 20 years ago. In fact, many Ford vehicles on the road today get fewer miles per gallon than did the Model-T 80 years ago!

Ford has the technology and know-how to increase fuel economy to 50 mpg by 2010 and to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to zero by 2020. But the company lacks the will to innovate. As a symbol of American entrepreneurship, Ford should commit to doing everything it can to break our addiction to oil.

Please contact Ford CEO and Chairman William Clay Ford, Jr. today and tell him you think his company should take dramatic action to improve the Ford fleet's fuel efficiency and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

We will never break our oil addiction without action by the Ford Motor Company.

Mr. William Clay Ford, Jr. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Ford Motor Company The American Road Dearborn, MI 48120

Dear Mr. Ford:

Ford dealerships throughout the United States are languishing empty, and the company's bonds have been relegated to "junk" status. For the fifth year in a row, the company's fleet has the worst fuel efficiency of any major US automaker.

Meanwhile consumers are lining up at Toyota and Honda dealerships to buy hybrids and other fuel-efficient cars. Why? With gas prices soaring, our environment at risk, and a war for oil raging in Iraq, consumers have finally decided that gas-guzzling SUV's are not only unaffordable and harmful to the environment, but also unpatriotic.

I urge Ford to perform an ecological and economic U-turn by adopting the following practices:

1) Increase average fleet fuel efficiency to 50mpg by 2010.

2) Produce a vehicle fleet that emits zero greenhouse gas tailpipe emissions by 2020.

We will never break our oil addiction without action by the Ford Motor Company.

Sincerely,