Sentences with phrase «cutting oil imports»

Unlike politicians, economists are not up for election, so they can tell the truth about cutting oil imports.

The United States will also improve energy security by cutting oil imports by 2 million barrels daily, or about half of what we import from OPEC today.

Japan would be rewarded for the efforts it has already made to increase efficiency and cut oil imports.

He says this would cut oil imports by 38 %.

It's become a synonym for lazy, expensive policies that don't cut oil imports or reduce climate change.

Fittingly, President Obama today was at Georgetown University, where he outlined a broad initiative to cut oil imports, boost domestic production of oil and gas, and increase the use of cellulosic ethanol and natural gas to power vehicles.

U.S. can cut oil imports to zero by 2040, use to zero by 2050.

«Our political leaders won't even require Detroit to build fuel - efficient vehicles - which would not only reduce greenhouse gas emissions but also save consumers money and cut oil imports during a time of war in the Persian Gulf.»

EVWORLD: «Andy Grove on American Energy Resilience» [as noted above, this includes links to video] http://ww.evworld.com/­article.cfm?storyid=1501 He estimates that if the 100 million «large form factor» vehicles that include pick - ups, SUVs and vans where converted to plug - in hybrids, we could cut our oil imports by 50 %.

Not exact matches

In fact, in the 10 years previous to the January 2011 cut - off of the graph, Canadian light oil sold (in Edmonton) at a $ 2 per barrel premium to the average cost of U.S. Saudi Light oil imports because of our access to premium - priced markets in the mid-continent.

China's Sinopec plans to cut Saudi crude oil imports loading in May by 40 percent, an official from the company's trading arm Unipec said.

Philadelphia Energy Solutions has already cut its purchases of oil from North Dakota by 80 percent, switching to imports from Nigeria, Chad and Azerbaijan.

China's Sinopec, Asia's largest refiner, plans to cut Saudi crude oil imports loading in May by 40 percent after national oil company Saudi Aramco set higher - than - expected prices, an official from the company's trading arm Unipec said.

The move comes as car makers and investors are pumping in billions of dollars into the so - called new energy vehicle sector in China, the world's biggest auto market, which is preparing to roll out tough norms to promote the sector to fight urban smog and cut dependence on imported oil.

«His weak green light to renewable fuels, refusal to cut fossil fuel subsidies and his call for further imports, completely undermines last year's recognition of the need to end the nation's oil addiction,» she said.

President - elect Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo - Addo further pledged to reduce the tax burden on the private sector through lower corporate tax and the removal of import duties and VAT from some items while relying on revenue measures such as improving tax compliance, improving the quality of public finance administration and higher oil and gas production to finance these tax cuts.

China's shift toward alternative fuels in order to cut its reliance on imported oil is creating large opportunities, notably in natural gas vehicles (NGVs) and in the conversion of coal to ethanol, according to a new report from Lux Research.

American submarines cut off oil imports to Japan as the War in the Pacific progressed, and Japan was reduced to manufacturing jet fuel from pine trees; the Germans from coal liquifaction.

This is particularly critical for oil importing countries that will be cut off from oil exports at about twice the rate of the global decline in available transport fuels.

``... we've cut our imports of foreign oil by nearly 60 percent, and cut carbon pollution more than any other country on Earth.

Setting strong standards that build on existing standards could cut fuel use by 1.4 million barrels per day - roughly equivalent to our oil imports from Venezuela and Iraq in 2011 combined.

The administration's plan included federal aid and incentive programs that would have cut U.S. net oil imports in half by 2020.

UBS analysts say utilities in Europe need to shut down 30 % of their gas, coal, and oil - fed power capacity by 2017, not to fight global warming, cut pollution, or cut fuel imports, but because renewable energy is pushing fossil fuels off the grid.

Reduce dependency on (imported) fossil fuels (balance of payments, reliance on potentially unfriendly or unstable nations as suppliers, high cost at the pump, all problems as seen from US viewpoint): — encourage nuclear power generation (cut red tape)-- encourage energy savings and improved efficiency projects (tax breaks)-- encourage basic research into new (non fossil fuel) resources (subsidies)-- encourage imports from friendly neighbor, Canada (Keystone pipeline)-- encourage local oil and gas exploration («drill, baby, drill»)-- encourage «clean coal» projects (tax incentives)-- set goal to become energy independent within ten years

Across the region, renewable energy such as solar, wind and geothermal power is gaining ever greater credence as a way to curb the region's appetite for oil and cut runaway import bills.

Lester R. Brown, «Creating New Jobs, Cutting Carbon Emissions, and Reducing Oil Imports by Investing in Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency,» Plan B Update, 11 December 2008.

If nothing is done, the country could face power cuts and more reliance on oil and gas imports, which would make the supply less secure.

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China's shift toward alternative fuels in order to cut its reliance on imported oil is creating large opportunities, notably in natural gas vehicles (NGVs) and in the conversion of coal to ethanol, according to a new report from Lux Research.

In reality, increased energy taxes will shrink the trade deficit (by cutting both volumes and pre-tax prices of imported oil).

We not only have to replace coal baseload to get the really big CO2 cuts but we also need to replace oil imports and power transport.