So the Okinawa outrage became an opportunity for them to re-examine their dependence on a foreign power.
Impressed by arguments that nuclear energy is a proven source of low-carbon power, and worried about the dependence on foreign fossil fuels caused by the decline of North Sea oil and gas, the government has been preparing the ground for a nuclear revival.
Natural gas also offers a potential solution to our dependence on expensive foreign oil to power our automobiles.
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Maybe it can create an uninterrupted power supply for my house that isolates my dependence on the grid for a few hours.
Nuclear power, over time, would lessen our dependence on both oil and coal, but so far the executive branch has also been slow in implementing incentives contained in the 2005 energy bill.
In reducing dependence on coal and natural gas for power and heating, and petroleum for transportation, biofuels have proved to be much less promising than advertised.
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But that hasn't stopped Steorn from making some big claims over much of the past year: The invention could end global warming, wean the world economy from its dependence on oil from war-torn regions and power some of the world's poorest communities.
The WEO champions the role of nuclear power, saying it could make a "major contribution to reducing dependence on imported gas and curbing CO2 emissions".
Most importantly, we remain committed to comprehensive legislation that will create millions of new American jobs, power new industry, and enhance our national security by reducing our dependence on foreign oil.
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Poland relies on highly CO2-emitting coal for most of its electricity and argues that higher carbon prices would mean higher power prices, or even a shift to natural gas that would increase its dependence on Russia.
For its part, the North American Reliability Corporation (NERC), who oversees power market reliability, issued a December report highlighting that gas and power markets need to be more synchronized to effectively enable reliability in light of higher dependence on natural gas generation.
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Western Europeans, jittery about growing dependence on Russia's Gazprom for natural gas, want to build up power companies of countervailing clout.
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