In fact, the European Union as a whole scores 54% on the scale of energy dependency.
Extensive imports of alternative energy from CAFTA partners can help diversify US energy dependency away from Venezuela towards economic partners like Guatemala.
Massive networks of soviet-era pipelines are still supplying a large chunk of their natural gas requirements, and now these countries want to break free from this energy dependency.
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The country that relies on nuclear sources most is France, which during the last three decades has dug itself out of dependency on energy imports partly by investing heavily in nuclear capacity.
Supporters of nuclear power say reactors provide reliable, zero-carbon-emission energy the country needs to avoid dependency on natural gas.
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Officials say the dam's colossal energy output will help reduce the country's dependency on coal by some 50m tonnes a year.
The Soviet shares of total oil and gas consumption respectively should be limited to about 30%, mirroring the intent of the International Energy Agency Agreement of May 1983 pertaining to West European dependency on Soviet gas supplies.
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Will the United States work with our allies to include Eastern Europe and the Baltic states in the protective safety net embodied in the May 1983 International Energy Agency Agreement, designed to keep its signatories from developing inordinate dependency on Soviet natural gas supplies?
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And conservative America, once solidly sceptical, is now split over the issue, as Christians concerned about mankind's stewardship of the Earth, neo-cons keen to reduce America's dependency on the Middle East and farmers who see alternative energy as a new potential source of energy come round to the idea of cutting down on carbon.
The EU Climate Commissioner, Connie Hedegaard, said climate policies would cut local pollution, reduce dependency on fossil fuel imports, improve resource efficiency, save money on energy and even make people fitter if they left their cars at home and cycled to work.
While Congress is deliberating over ways to cut dependency on foreign oil and limit greenhouse gas emissions, states are taking the lead in promoting energy efficiency.
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