Hey Army,

You know we have been tracking the monthly oil import numbers since December and making them public to the press corps (and to the New Energy Army).

In February, we imported 62 percent of our oil – about 339 million barrels.  That cost us $13 billion for that month or more than $328,000 per minute!

We can’t get too hung up on the month-to-month numbers.  First, February is only 28 days, so the monthly number was smaller.  Second, we want to focus on the trend.  In December we imported 66.5 percent of our oil, but in January that rose to 67.4 percent.

Even at 62 percent that puts us in great danger of being held hostage by the oil producers in the Middle East, Africa and Venezuela.  We need to keep the pressure on our leaders in Washington and I need you to join me in the Virtual March on April 1-3 to let them know that we are paying attention.

If you haven’t RSVP’d for the Virtual March, click here and join the 1.5 million Americans who have already joined up.

T. Boone Pickens