Weaning ourselves off oil will be a long, expensive, and sometimes painful process.
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My 2005 TED talk explained how to get the United States completely off oil by the 2040s, led by business for profit.
The wife of a laid-off oil-rig worker, who's used to him being away for weeks at a time, can't get a reprieve.
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Following a missile test by the North in 2003, China temporarily cut off oil shipments though its pipeline, though it blamed technical problems for the suspension.
And its threats--like the recent taunt by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to cut off oil shipments to the West if the U.S. attacks Iran--can rattle international markets.
And its threats--like the recent taunt by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to cut off oil shipments to the West if the U.S. attacks Iran--have the power to rattle international markets.
This display of aggression was eerily similar to events that transpired during the 1973 Yom Kippur War, when the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) strategically cut off oil to nations supporting Israel.
Oil producers warn that uncertainty about drilling in the Arctic may permanently scare off oil companies willing to pay billions for a chance to find some of the last untapped U.S. oil reserves.
Smaller entrepreneurs hack into pipelines to siphon off oil, which is turned into fuel in bush refineries, while bigger operators weld taps onto pipelines with generators to help pump thousands of barrels of oil into barges.
We are all facing the same peril -- during my last visit to India, I met with the country's minister of petroleum and natural gas, and we spoke about the challenges of weaning a country off oil.
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Over considerable resistance, Clinton barely talked NATO into approving plans for a naval embargo to cut off oil supplies to Serbia, and no one wants to hurt Western-leaning Montenegro, where the main Yugoslav port is, in the process.
So tonight, I propose we use some of our oil and gas revenues to fund an Energy Security Trust that will drive new research and technology to shift our cars and trucks off oil for good.
Beijing, to its credit, voted in favor of tougher Security Council sanctions against North Korea last month, and it looks like it also cut off oil to its pesky ally and tightened inspection of goods leaving China for the North.
South Sudan shut off its oil supply last year, accusing Sudan of stealing oil revenue.
Iran lashed back Wednesday, cutting off crude oil exports to Germany, state-run Press TV reported.
South Sudan shut off its oil supply in January, saying that Sudan was stealing oil revenue.
Nor, so far, have Yukos's troubles put off international oil companies from investing in Russia's energy sector.
At the same time it is selling Iran more gasoline, China is weaning itself off Iranian oil imports.
Natural gas, as you know, was an area that 50 years ago was literally blown off of oil wells.
Where the Soviets to threaten to cut off the oil supply to such Lithuanian facilities, there would be profound economic dislocation.
The aim is to produce an automaton that could help people do difficult jobs underwater shutting off leaking oil valves, for example.
In addition to mugging Yukos, it has often intimidated its neighbours with threats to cut off their oil or gas supplies.
The U.S. is already implementing sanctions that aim to cut off Iranian oil exports, a major source of revenue for Iran's government.
"If you turn off the oil pipeline, and there is literally a pipeline, the North Koreans freeze pretty quickly, " Dr Noland explains.
The rig sank two days later, setting off an oil leak that has since released around 85, 000 barrels of oil into the Gulf.
When EnCana ( ECA) spun off its oil sands operation into a separate company last year, it created a dilemma for some investors.
As Georgia has moved closer towards NATO and the EU, Russia has tried to bring it to heel by turning off its oil and gas supplies.
Renamed Cornerstone Natural Gas, Endevco sold off an oil refinery and some pipeline assets to help pay down debt, and trimmed staff to lower operating costs.
Predictably, environmental activist groups argued against the pipeline, asserting that we should be weaning ourselves off of oil rather than taking steps to make it more available and affordable.
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In February the Juba government cut off the oil in protest at high transit fees, depriving both countries of revenue they desperately need and helping to cause a global oil-price spike.
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