Nuclear power has the potential to help make the United States less dependent on foreign fuel and to cut the carbon dioxide emissions that contribute to global warming.
The US is still dependent on foreign fossil fuels to keep its lights on, the drug war bureaucracy will continue its senseless crusade, and US corporations still buy Senators from both parties.
Industries highly dependent on foreign funds are listed in Table 10.8 Retail sales via mail-order houses (18.0%) are the highest foreign fund-dependent industry.
Moreover, she said, nuclear energy is not dependent on foreign sources of fuel and produces no greenhouse gases.
Remunicipalisation, on the other hand, offers the chance to "give something to the city, change the energy system, provide stable energy prices for the people, make the city less dependent on foreign imports and fossil fuels".
But the time is up for an economic model which, for all the nationalist, self-reliance rhetoric, and tired revolutionary slogans, has always been dependent on foreign subsidy — currently cheap fuel from Venezuela's Hugo Chávez.
OO Utah Oil Sandss Project Is Paused - as weak oil prices continue to discourage fossil fuel projects, showing just how much fossil fuels make the US dependent on foreign conditions, rather than foster energy independence, like clean energy.
Third, our plan addresses the fact that our heavy reliance on fossil fuels leaves us increasingly dependent on foreign sources for oil and gas.
After all Russia is as dependent on foreign currency as we are dependent on fossil fuel imports and when cash flows change directions from East to West, many in Russia will be mighty disappointed.
