Sentences with phrase «of oil dependence»

Thus the cycle of oil dependence and environmental degradation continues.

And so you can't separate the issue of oil dependence from the issue of how we are producing generally — more energy generally.

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

The real issue there is that we risk despoiling natural places just so we can ignore the need to conserve / engineer our way out of oil dependence for a few months to a few years more.

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The irony of course is that China's dependence on oil only deepens with every additional car on its roadways.

It takes 96 % of resource revenue out of circulation and invests it outside Norway, in sectors unrelated to energy, as a counterweight to the country's oil dependence.

While oil - related dependence is down to 22 percent of 2015 government revenue from 35 percent in 2015, the country is still trying to squeeze more dividends out of state - owned oil and gas player Petronas, he said.

These risks include, in no particular order, the following: the trends toward more high - definition, on - demand and anytime, anywhere video will not continue to develop at its current pace or will expire; the possibility that our products will not generate sales that are commensurate with our expectations or that our cost of revenue or operating expenses may exceed our expectations; the mix of products and services sold in various geographies and the effect it has on gross margins; delays or decreases in capital spending in the cable, satellite, telco, broadcast and media industries; customer concentration and consolidation; the impact of general economic conditions on our sales and operations; our ability to develop new and enhanced products in a timely manner and market acceptance of our new or existing products; losses of one or more key customers; risks associated with our international operations; exchange rate fluctuations of the currencies in which we conduct business; risks associated with our CableOS ™ and VOS ™ product solutions; dependence on market acceptance of various types of broadband services, on the adoption of new broadband technologies and on broadband industry trends; inventory management; the lack of timely availability of parts or raw materials necessary to produce our products; the impact of increases in the prices of raw materials and oil; the effect of competition, on both revenue and gross margins; difficulties associated with rapid technological changes in our markets; risks associated with unpredictable sales cycles; our dependence on contract manufacturers and sole or limited source suppliers; and the effect on our business of natural disasters.

Meanwhile, continued development of shale oil and gas in Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, and elsewhere has helped reduce U.S. dependence on foreign energy and brought back thousands of manufacturing jobs.

But Mr. Navarro has also written extensive warnings that U.S. dependence on foreign oil is a big part of that economic problem, and argued that the U.S. should impose import fees on foreign oil.

thanks, and yes, a pittance of a pension and regular checkups keep us on budget and head off any problems — best decision i ever made (financial or otherwise) was serving our country doing search - and - rescue, oil and chemical spill remediation, etc. (you can guess the branch of service)-- along the way, frugal living, along with dollar - cost averaging, asset allocation, and diversification allowed us to retire early — Vanguard has been very good over the years, despite the Dot Bomb, 2002, and the recession (where we actually came out better with a modest but bargain retirement home purchase)... it's not easy building additional «legs» on a retirement platform, but now that we're here, cash, real estate, investments and insurance products, along with a small pension all help to avoid any real dependence on social security (we won't even need it at full retirement age)-- however, like nearly everybody, we're headed for Medicare in several years, albeit with a nice supplemental and pharmacy benefits — but our main concern is staying fit, active, and healthy!

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.

And perhaps the biggest threat of all is the «keep it in the ground» movement, which if actually implemented, would erase the gains made in recent years and bring us back to an era of dependence on foreign sources of oil.»

Angola is Africa's second - largest oil producer behind Nigeria, and like its West African counterpart, where the slump in oil prices forced a reconsideration of its dependence on oil, Angola now faces the challenge of having to restructure its economy to reduce its vulnerability to oil shocks.

BNN, the business news channel, ran an online poll Tuesday in advance of the latest fiscal update from Alberta: «Is Rachel Notley's NDP government doing enough to reduce Alberta's dependence on oil?»

With European countries desperate to reduce their energy dependence on Russia, much of the investment has been directed into the oil and gas industry.

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.

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.

The recent oil plunge that has reduced the value of Norway's currency since June last year will reduce its dependence on petro - dollars, according to the founder and Chief Investment Officer...

Let us focus on the crucial issue of shifting away from dependence on oil without recourse to other dangerous and environmentally destructive fuels.

Calling the United States «the biggest polluter and the biggest energy user in the world,» Turner said the country needs to take the lead in ridding itself of coal and oil dependence.

Of course Bacevich is right that current U.S. policy has a history, and that history is closely related to our dependence on oil.

Living ecologically in the present moment may mean investigating one's own watershed, learning where one's food is grown, understanding one's dependence on economic use of trees and oil.

They include: high levels of degraded soils; reductions in irrigation quotas to restore the health of the Murray - Darling system; the re-forestation of some agricultural land to meet emissions reductions targets; the impacts of peak oil, such as the diversion of food crops into feed - stock for biofuels; and the price and crop yield implications of peak phosphorous, given Australia's dependence on imported fertilisers.

To begin with, as a solution to the purported problem of foreign oil dependence, energy independence is a largely meaningless concept.

For decades, policymakers and experts have seen foreign oil dependence as a concrete economic and political problem which required sober technical analysis and efficient solutions — an approach perhaps best reflected in countless attempts to quantify precisely the various costs and benefits of importing oil.

The notion of foreign oil dependence, for instance, has always been intimately connected with threats that have far exceeded the traditional realm of «national security» and include threats to American identity.

Perhaps, the best answer is that energy independence has never been a simple technical, economic or political solution to the problem of foreign oil dependence; rather, it has been a cultural artifact, a discourse evoking particular American notions of the exceptional nation, American innovation and ingenuity, the can - do spirit, and the very notion of «independence» on which the American national project has been built.

However, Ghana is a member of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), which requires countries with a heavy dependence on oil, gas, and mining industries to accurately report taxes, royalties, and fees paid by extractive companies.

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

At this moment, though, it remains to be seen whether policy - makers and (the few) private investors will take advantage of the current economic situation to move beyond dependence on the dominant oil sector.

Resource - poor Japan has long been interested in tapping Africa's vast natural resources, even more so since dependence on oil and natural gas imports jumped after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster shut almost all of Japan's nuclear reactors.

We all know that the economy is in bad shape due to years of dependence on oil as the mainstay of our economy.

«I applaud Governor Cuomo for recognizing the importance of these public transportation services and the role they play in sustaining the State's efforts to improve air quality and reduce dependence on foreign oil.»

A major factor in this high incidence of fuel poverty is lack of access to mains gas and dependence on more expensive oil as a heating fuel.

During his 2013 State of the State address, Governor Andrew Cuomo laid out his ChargeNY plan to invest $ 50 million over five years in electric vehicle infrastructure to reduce air pollution, lower the cost of government and reduce dependence on imported oil.

Meanwhile, the Speaker of the House, Mr. Yakubu Dogara, has stated that the country had little choice but to diversify its economy from dependence on oil revenue.

In the face of the decline in North Sea oil and gas, the looming early likelihood of peak oil, and the UK's growing dependence on volatile African and Middle Easter state for its fuel, the government has no sure plan to prevent the lights going out at the end of this decade.

Keller, the retired OGS director, says he was also aware of the state's economic dependence on oil and gas.

Renewable energy like wind and solar, will reduce our dependence on foreign oil, lower energy costs and create millions of jobs that can not be shipped overseas.

This means developing more of America's own energy resources, including wind, solar, clean coal, biofuels, nuclear energy, as well as oil and natural gas — which will reduce our dependence on Middle Eastern oil and create thousands of jobs here at home.

President Obama has repeatedly highlighted the need for greater conservation efforts when it comes to shoring up our existing and future energy reserves and reducing our dependence on foreign sources of oil.

To wit: Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has said that some of his goals may have to be delayed, but reiterated that there are some things that «just can't wait,» such as his proposed $ 150 - billion investment in clean or sustainable energy programs (toward his goal of freeing the U.S. from dependence on foreign oil) and the attendant creation of five million «green collar» jobs.

Frederick Smith, president and CEO of FedEx Corp. and a member of the Energy Security Leadership Council, said that electrifying light - duty vehicles «as rapidly as possible» should be one of the country's main strategies to reduce U.S. dependence on foreign oil.

One reason for this push is the consequences of the alternatives: pollution from fossil - fueled power plants shortens the life span of as many as 30,000 Americans a year; coal and hydraulic fracturing threaten the environment and water supplies; and oil dependence undermines the nation's energy security.

McCain is in favor of drilling in the Outer Continental Shelf federally controlled submerged land off all U.S. coasts (as opposed to state - controlled seabed)-- in order to lessen American dependence on foreign oil and lower gas prices.

In early 2007 he co-sponsored the Coal - to - Liquid Fuel Promotion Act of 2007 as a measure to lessen dependence on foreign oil by turning coal into automobile fuel.

As Katrina Cornish explains it, the technology has the potential to solve three problems: It makes the manufacture of rubber products more sustainable, reduces American dependence on foreign oil and keeps waste out of landfills.

Schuiling says that before the Red Sea is tapped for power, experts would have to weigh the pros (reducing greenhouse gas emissions and dependence on oil) and cons (the disruption to local marine life and increase in salinity of the remaining seawater as well as the impact on tourism and transportation).