He hoped it would also lessen the dependence of working people on pawnbrokers.
This process was developed during World War I to lessen the dependence of Germany on Chilean nitrate.
The Obama administration has tried to take steps to lessen the dependence on independent voter registration groups, while also broadening voter participation among poorer and minority voters.
"Any replacement to the percentage of carbon fuels is going to help lessen the dependence on foreign oil," said John Darby, managing director of competition at Nascar.
So much so that its home minister, Hishammuddin Hussein, has suggested that, to lessen the dependence, political refugees be allowed to work.
Its goal is to create and enforce standards for nursing education, licensing and practice across the Emirates to promote Emiratis in the work force and lessen the dependence on foreign labor.
A big selling point is that successful development of shale gas would lessen the dependence of former Soviet satellites like Poland on gas imports from Russia's Gazprom monopoly.
Considerable research and development efforts are focused on commercializing hydrogen-powered vehicles to lessen the dependence of the transportation sector on imported oil.
Cloud is just one area Alibaba is focused on developing as it looks to generate new sources of revenue to lessen the dependence on its core China commerce business, even though that continues to be hugely lucrative.
A shift to nickel would lessen the dependence on Middle East countries for oil, but it would not create a dramatic shift in which countries currently have natural resources that are considered valuable.
