Sentences with phrase «oil dependence also»

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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.

It would have also greatly lowered out dependence on middle eastern oil.

On this question, the authors also agree In sub-Saharan Africa (except in oil - producing countries like Nigeria), political independence has been accompanied by a steady rise in dependence on aid.

Also, the U.S. dependence on foreign oil is has been eased thanks to shale oil:

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

But we are running out of environment — that is, out of the capacity of the environment to absorb energy's impacts without risk of intolerable disruption — and our heavy dependence on oil in particular entails not only environmental but also economic and political liabilities.

The diet also differs from the typical American diet through its dependence on fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds, olive oil, beans, breads, cereals, and potatoes.

This also includes a consideration of whether the TOD Project targets Federal funding toward existing communities; reduces our dependence on oil; improves air quality, and promotes public health; and expands location - and energy - efficient housing choice.

These labels also represent another important mile - marker in the Obama Administration's mission to cut fuel costs for American families, reduce the nation's dependence on oil, and give Americans the tools they need to take advantage of remarkable new technologies that make today's cars cleaner and more efficient than ever before.

And if we pass a bill in the Senate, reconcile it with the House, that says we are going to invest in wind energy and solar energy and we're going to be the guys who are producing wind turbines, and we're going to be the folks who are producing solar panels on rooftops, and we're going to be the country that is retrofitting all its homes and businesses so that we are 30 percent more energy - efficient than we are right now, that produces jobs that can't be exported; it reduces our dependence on foreign oil; it is good economics; it will increase our exports — oh, and by the way, it also solves the climate problem.

So as we replace oil with fuels like natural gas and biofuels, we can also reduce our dependence by making cars and trucks that use less oil in the first place.

The President's plan will also spark innovation across a wide variety of energy technologies, resulting in cleaner forms of American - made energy and cutting our dependence on foreign oil.

The Obama standards were also expected to save families more than $ 1.7 trillion in fuel costs, and to reduce America's dependence on oil by more than 2 million barrels per day in 2025.

ALEC's resolution also notes that the United States currently depends on foreign imports for more than half of its petroleum usage and the nation's dependence on overseas oil has created difficult geopolitical relationships with potentially damaging consequences for our national security.

They may also help to reduce our dependence on fossil fuels and the dangerous practice of offshore oil drilling.

It would also be an excellent way to transfer some of the country's dependence on oil to the national resources we use to power the electric power grid.

«And not only does this mean we're sending energy back into the grid, it means we're also creating the green collar jobs that this country desperately needs to eliminate our dependence on foreign oil.»

Well, yesterday Obama also (again) iterated the need to transition the United States away from dependence on oil.

He has also called for a massive expansion of oil drilling in the United States, apparently in an effort to defuse criticism from those who argue speciously that «drill, baby, drill» is the answer to our growing dependence on foreign oil.

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.

There are also many spills caused every year by off - shore drilling, many of them during the annual hurricane season, which is yet another major reason why we should end our dependence on oil switch to clean energy sources.

American energy abundance also strengthens our ability to export oil and natural gas to our allies, enhancing their security by lessening dependence on nations that use energy as a political weapon.

American Petroleum Institute spokeswoman Sabrina Fang said the pipeline will not just generate jobs but «is also going to help reduce our dependence on oil from less stable parts of the world.»