Only an aggressive research and development program might find ways of breaking our dependence on fossil fuels or dealing with it.

只有积极的研究发展项目才能够摆脱我们对化石燃料依赖，或找到解决这一问题的方法。

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Such is our dependence on fossil fuels, and such is the volume of carbon dioxide already released into the atmosphere, that many experts agree that significant global warming is now inevitable.

我们对化石燃料的依赖如此之深，已经排放到大气中的二氧化碳又是如此之多，以至于许多专家一致认为，目前情况下全球变暖是不可避免的。

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This entails reducing our dependence on the North American market, whose programs relate to experiences and cultural traditions which are different from our own.

这需要我们减少对北美市场的依赖，因为北美市场的节目涉及与我们不同的经历和文化传统。

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"We can work with the Russians, as the two countries with by far the largest nuclear stockpiles, to continue to reduce our dependence on nuclear weapons."

VOA: standard.2009.05.19

Trains are fuel efficient, they relieve traffic and airport congestion and they also reduce our dependence on foreign oil, making passenger trains the safer,cleaner, greener transportation option."

VOA: standard.2010.02.15

"In addition to cleaning up the mess, repairing the damage and cracking down on big oil companies, we also have to get serious about ending our dependence on oil and creating new sources of clean energy."

VOA: standard.2010.07.31

"We have almost universal support for reducing our dependence on foreign oil, " he says.

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Our security, our prosperity, and our environment all require reducing our dependence on oil.

NPR: Text of Bush's State of the Union Address

If these reserves were developed, our dependence on overseas energy sources would considerably lessen.

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