New Kerry Ad Calls for End to Mideast Oil Dependence
Highlights Importance of Energy Independence for Next Generation
December 23, 2003 Washington, DC –
John Kerry will launch a new ad tomorrow statewide in Iowa and New Hampshire. The 30-second spot highlights Kerry’s energy plan to reduce America’s dependence on Mideast oil and strengthen our national security.
Kerry spokesperson Stephanie Cutter said, “John Kerry believes we must end our dangerous dependence on Mideast oil in order to strengthen both our security and our economy. As President, Kerry will reduce oil dependence by two million barrels of oil a day, as much as we currently import from the Middle East."
Kerry’s plan to reduce oil dependence includes:
A New ‘Energy Security and Conservation Trust’ to accelerate the commercialization of technologies that will reduce America’s dangerous dependence on oil.
Reducing Oil Dependence by Two Million Barrels of Oil a Day – As Much As We Currently Import From the Middle East. Kerry will provide tax incentives for consumers to buy the vehicles they want and incentives for manufacturers to convert factories to build the more efficient vehicles of the future.
Making Our Homes, Offices, Schools, and Cities More Energy Efficient. Kerry will cut the Government’s energy bill 20 percent by 2020 – saving the Federal government $8 billion over the next ten years - and will challenge municipalities, corporations, universities, small businesses, and hospitals to do the same.
A Plan to Use Hydrogen Throughout the Nation By 2020 – a clean fuel that we can eventually get entirely from renewable sources from our farms, the wind, solar energy, hydropower and geothermal sources.
Text of Ad:
John Kerry: For nearly thirty years, we’ve talked about reducing America’s dependence on Mideast oil—and here we are today, more dependent on foreign oil than ever. It’s time to make energy independence a national priority—and to put in place a plan that frees our nation from the grip of Mideast oil in the next ten years.
Because no child growing up in America today should ever have to go to war for oil. I’m John Kerry and I approved this message.
[Note: The ad shows children playing with audio of John Kerry talking directly with voters about the importance of energy independence.]
