It used to be a dependable and indispensable supplier of gas, delivered by pipeline, under long-term deals struck with heavy political involvement and linked to the oil price.
He quickly became a dependable goal scorer.
As it is difficult & costly for consumers to reverse their commitment to natural gas there must be a dependable supply of it.
This team suggested a fairly conservative but dependable strategy, investing most of the money in a gas pipeline through the Baltic Sea that's already being built.
That makes wind a shaky replacement for more dependable, if polluting, energy sources like oil, coal and natural gas.
Other dependable factors include area/volume (A/V) ratio, mode of agitation, temperature and gas exchange.
Nuclear power plants serve millions of American homes and businesses, have a dependable record for safety and efficiency and discharge no greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.
The result has been the president anointing certain energy sources -- such as wind and natural gas -- as energies of the future, while implementing regulatory hurdles for more dependable fuels like oil and coal.
A combination of political shenanigans and a looming shortage of gas (because of bad management and under-investment) hardly makes Russia look like a dependable partner, especially if you care about consumers, not producers.
But the conflict has raised questions about Russia's ability to reliably deliver gas to its customers in the European Union, just as Moscow has been seeking to boost its image as a dependable business partner in the West.
