41.   The idea, administration officials said, is to reduce reliance on imported oil, create additional farm income and generate technologies that American companies can sell abroad.

42.   The shortages were particularly terrifying to many nations in Asia that depended totally on imported oil as the lifeblood of their economies.

43.   These days oil prices are tumbling, even Saudi Arabia is strapped for cash, while America guzzles imported oil with more abandon than ever.

44.   They were seen as a better alternative because of the expense and risk of building big coal and nuclear power plants to replace generators dependent on imported oil.

45.   This growing reliance on imported oil will further anchor China in the global economy and help shape its ties to the United States.

46.   Top of the list, surely, is the claim that drilling in ANWR is a national security issue, the key to ending our dependence on imported oil.

47.   Use a home-grown renewable resource, corn, to replace imported oil.

48.   Verplaetse warned that a surging dollar can add to inflation in European countries such as Belgium that are dependent on imported oil and raw materials priced in dollars.

49.   While the nation had imported oil for many years, the bulk was produced domestically.

50.   Yet now, just as the United States casts about for alternatives to imported oil, Ono and other fusion researchers insist they are getting closer to success.