Second, our dependence on energy imports, and oil in particular, has doubled over the past 30 years despite decades of serial exhortations and policies to do explicitly otherwise.
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If these reserves were developed, our dependence on overseas energy sources would considerably lessen.
Polls of the American public consistently show that energy dependence is on their minds.
It will create jobs, save consumers money, and free America from our dependence on foreign energy sources.
Recently, a dynamic new campaign launched to seize and grow these opportunities and break our energy dependence.
Instead, its growing dependence on Russian energy may actually be putting some levers into the Kremlin's hands.
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Obstacles to Western European dependence on Russian energy supplies have given way to a natural gas infrastructure that relies heavily on such sources.
The Europeans, who want to break free from their growing dependence on Russian energy supplies, desperately need supplies from the region to make the Nabucco pipeline viable.
To address the issue of Middle East energy dependence, Beijing has agreed to cooperate with countries in Africa, North America and South America regarding production, exploration and pipeline projects.
If we want to deal with the world as it is we need to focus on mitigating the adverse consequences of Ukrainian energy dependence, not pretend that it is something that can be rapidly overcome.
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After a century of unprecedented growth in science, technology, and the economy, we now face tremendous challenges to our ability to fuel the future: a fluctuating oil price, a changing climate, and continued dependence on unreliable energy sources.
In an effort to reduce its dependence on imported energy, Hawaii has set an aggressive goal of meeting 40 percent of its energy needs through renewable sources and employing conservation measures to reduce energy demand by 30 percent by 2030.
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"On a lot of substantive issues like health insurance, he was the first one out of the box with a very ambitious universal plan, and I think he forced the others to become bolder in a lot of their policy prescriptions, energy dependence and so on, " Klein said.
Because of the need to continue to pursue an all-of-the-above energy approach that includes investments in alternative energy so that we can reduce our dependence on foreign sources of energy.
By focusing on North American energy supplies, the U.S. reduces dependence on overseas sources of energy, many of which come from volatile areas.
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The Energy Bill aims to move the UK's energy production from a dependence on fossil fuels to a more diverse mix of energy sources, such as wind, nuclear and biomass.
"Yes, it's redistribution, but it's redistribution based on energy profligacy and dependence, " says Kaiser.
"It's really important that we change our mindset from dependence on one source of energy to many different complementary sources, " Evans said.
Ross was highly critical of the war in Iraq and backed an energy policy that would fund cost-effective renewable energy to replace dependence on Middle Eastern oil.
We can make choices now that ensure that those industries are domestic, that we dominate those fields of endeavor and we create the jobs associated with those industries here in America -- or we can substitute our dependence on foreign oil for a dependence on imports of clean energy technology.
Over the past four years we have doubled the use of renewable energy, dramatically reduced our dependence on foreign oil, and put our country on a path to win the global race for clean energy jobs.
So when we pursue energy independence, when we continue to reduce our dependence on foreign oil by increasing domestic production of fossil fuel energy but other forms of energy, we enhance our security and protect America's future in that way.
He's talking about investments in alternative energy to reduce our dependence on imported oil.
Onsite energy generation minimizes our dependence on the grid and reduces our environmental impact.
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The price for these anti-drilling policies goes beyond higher energy prices and increased dependence on foreign governments.
We should be able to agree on developing clean energy and reducing our dependence on foreign oil.
The more -- the less we rely on foreign oil, the less dependence we have, the more energy security we have.
Reduced dependence therefore directly correlates to increased energy security because the nation can expect less volatility from world events beyond U.S. control.
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Although this focuses on reducing dependence on oil imports to reduce energy bills and ensure security of supply, it may indicate a reluctance to export gas for the same reasons.
So without a major change in our energy policy, our dependence on oil means that we will continue to send billions of dollars of our hard-earned wealth to other countries every month -- including countries in dangerous and unstable regions.
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