Sentences with phrase «about oil dependence»

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It's full of talk about freeing motorists in eastern Canada from their dependence on imported oil from volatile geopolitics locales such as Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Nigeria, and -LSB-...]

It's full of talk about freeing motorists in eastern Canada from their dependence on imported oil from volatile geopolitics locales such as Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Nigeria, and Venezuela.

For example, North Dakota's Bakken + Three Forks formations are estimated (as of 2013, USGS) to have a mean of 7.4 billion recoverable barrels, making total oil in those formations only about a year's worth of U.S. dependence.

«Of course, there are arguments that can be made about the volatility of dependence on oil, or the problems of debt and a big banking system.

Kerry has said nothing about raising gasoline taxes in the campaign and very little about ending dependence on Middle Eastern oil.

In addition, we always talk about reducing our dependence on foreign oil, but it just isn't going to happen anytime soon as there are no true large scale alternatives.

What I find ironic is that it is his can - do optimism that is in this case working against our ability to do something about our dependence on fossil fuels and the climate change that this dependence is resulting in, that is, switching to alternate energy, preserving modern civilization and the world economy beyond Peak Oil and Peak Coal, preventing climate change from becoming such a huge problem that it destroys that the world economy — and more than likely leads to a series of highly destructive wars over limited resources.

We've known about the dangers of our oil dependence for decades.

And every President since that time has talked about freeing ourselves from dependence on foreign oil.

Richard Nixon talked about freeing ourselves from dependence on foreign oil.

I talked about reducing America's dependence on oil when I was running for President, and I'm proud of the historic progress that we've made over the last two years towards that goal, and we'll talk about that a little bit.

Even for those of you who are interested in seeing a reduction in our dependence on fossil fuels — and I know how passionate young people are about issues like climate change — the fact of the matter is, is that for quite some time, America is going to be still dependent on oil in making its economy work.

And I see opportunities to build, locally and nationally, from concern about vulnerability to climate and coastal hazards to the challenge of moving beyond widespread dependence on coal and oil.

He said, «Our dangerous dependence on foreign oil has been thirty years in the making, and was caused by the failure of politicians in Washington to think long - term about the future of the country.»

Naturally, (according to the FT, the Green party in Finland and Greenpeace in France still campaign against nuclear energy, while in Sweden the FT reports («The inconvenient truth about an oil - free society») the Greens have got the government to plan to log 1.15 mn hectares a year of its 20 mn hectares of forest for use as biofuel to reduce current dependence on oilfired energy and transport.

The automakers» aggressive public campaign — after months of mostly cautious opposition — may be a tough sell at a time of near - record gasoline prices as well as a growing concern about global warming and America's dependence on foreign oil.

In fact, Markey was counting on Republicans to vote against the ban, as that allegedly would expose them as duplicitous shills who care only about oil industry profits, not about reducing dependence on OPEC or alleviating pain at the pump.

It came about because of low oil prices, and it led to a higher dependence on imports.»

Moderator: Another question about foreign oil, this from Brian in DC — SA 2028 hopes to reduce our dependence on foreign oil.

(2) Western Europe was fearful about their dependence on Russia for oil and natural gas, and sought to reduce their levels of air pollution.

#### The Set America Free Coalition brings together prominent individuals and non-profit organizations concerned about the security and economic implications of America's growing dependence on foreign oil.

You know, we had oil dependence problems in the»70s, we started the Synfuels Corporation — too expensive, went bankrupt; now people are again concerned about fuel dependence & oil dependence... aren't we kind of just going through the same cycle again?»

At the inaugural meeting of the Greentech Innovation Network (which Friedman talks about in today's column, «A Millioni Manhattan Projects» http://select.nytimes.com/­2006/­05/­24/­opinion/­24friedman.html), their dialogue ranged over energy policy, oil dependence, and geo - green technology.

These cars will educate the public about their driving habits, clean the air and reduce our dependence on oil.

• Support for energy innovation today comes from those concerned about the high (and rising) economic costs, not to mention the foreign entanglements created by America's dependence on oil; the need for greater energy access in poor countries; diseases and deaths caused by air pollution, oil and gas drilling, and coal mining and waste; and the potential for America to manufacture and export new energy technologies at a profit.

«We have the opportunity now to create jobs all across this country, to re-power America, to redesign how we use energy, to think about how we are increasing efficiency, to make our economy stronger, make us more safe, reduce our dependence on foreign oil, and make us competitive for decades to come, even as we are saving the planet.»

Even as recently as November 5, President Obama bragged about decreased dependence on imported oil.

As the lead electric vehicle (EV) advocate on staff at the Sierra Club and as someone who cares deeply about the need for our country and my family to slash emissions and dependence on oil, I was giving serious thought to switching to an EV.

Four of the most vocal proponents within the national security community and utility industry made up one of the panels talking about ways to reduce America's dependence on imported oil.

I would have guessed Iceland, but it's actually the U.S.: Beyond the sun, a new wave of clean energy As policymakers promote alternative energy sources to reduce the United States» emissions of greenhouse gases and its dependence on foreign oil, entrepreneurs are becoming increasingly inventive about finding novel ways to power the economy.

This isn't the first time the BBC has broached the subject - BBC Wales previously offered a four part series on farming and peak oil, and BBC gardening guru Monty Don has also spoken out about our food system's dependence on fossil fuels.

Until the recent spike in gas prices, much of the discussion about solving our transportation problems — namely, emissions from cars and dependence on foreign oil — centered on increasing the efficiency of the vehicles we drive through higher CAFE standards and new designs.

Of course there's nothing particularly green about war, but call us naive if you like, we tend to believe that a reduced dependence on foreign oil can only be a good thing in terms of peace and security too.

At YCER's first event in June, about 100 people gathered in Winter Park, Fla. to hear Richard Zilmer, a retired three - star Marine Corps general, discuss the need to break America's dependence on foreign oil and to use the nation's energy resources more efficiently.

As a pilot, this first taster of Growing Communities focuses on members of Transition Town Lewes in England — the same folks who brought us this rather catchy video and rap about our dependence on oil — and discusses everything from individuals keeping chickens in old playhouses in their backyards, through urban beekeepers in their local graveyard, to a collective artists studio that has transformed the land around it into a community garden.

But Obama and his top deputies have yet to talk about reducing the nation's dependence on fossil fuels in connection with the oil spill, something that worries environmentalists such as Brune.

These days, it seems, it can be cool to be corny — at least when you're talking about ethanol, the hip new fuel that proponents claim could slash our dependence on foreign oil.