Sentences with phrase «foreign oil imports»

But these same friends embrace ideas like U.S. energy independence, reducing foreign oil imports, promoting economic growth, protecting our families from harm and improving the U.S. balance of trade.

§ 15927 («[I] t is the policy of the United States that... United States oil shale, tar sands, and other unconventional fuels are strategically important domestic resources that should be developed to reduce the growing dependence of the United States on politically and economically unstable sources of foreign oil imports -LSB-.]»)

Seventy percent of new cars in Brazil are sold with «flex fuel» engines, which can run on pure gasoline or E85, a blend of up to 85 percent ethanol and 15 percent gasoline, and the Brazilian government has announced that it will wean itself from foreign oil imports completely by the end of this year.

The discussion on climate and energy focused almost exclusively on energy independence, and on the timescale to eliminating foreign oil imports.

Displacing petroleum with alternative transportation fuels will reduce U.S. dependence on imported petroleum and vulnerability to foreign oil import disruptions, decrease emissions of greenhouse gases, pollutants and toxics, and promote domestic economic development.

Hydrogen could therefore help ease pressing environmental and societal problems, including air pollution and its health hazards, global climate change and dependence on foreign oil imports.

The action plan for Europe's new energy policy almost ignores the transport sector, which is absurd considering that transport guzzles 70 - 80 % of foreign oil imports and that the EU aims to reduce its dependency on foreign oil.

One of the interesting points is that, in the 2050 scenario, if 69 percent of the electricity is being produced by solar power, you essentially eliminate any need for any foreign oil imports, which has enormous implications for policy, international relations, trade deficits.

Researchers at DOE's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory also evaluated the impact of plug - in hybrid electric vehicles, or PHEVs, on foreign oil imports, the environment, electric utilities and the consumer.

Researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory evaluated the impact of plug - in hybrid electric vehicles, or PHEVs, on foreign oil imports, the environment, electric utilities and the consumer.

This would also reduce dependence on foreign oil imports» he concluded.»

Schieffer: Would each of you give us a number, a specific number of how much you believe we can reduce our foreign oil imports during your first term?

To top that off, not only would you be reducing emissions from transport, but you would also be creating a new market for farmers and making cars less dependent on foreign oil imports (enhancing national energy security).

Organized by «Operation Free» — a veterans» group designed specifically to move America away from fossil fuels — the event focused on America's dependence on foreign oil imports and fears that an unpredictable climate could lead to more international humanitarian and military operations in the future.