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What is the future for fuel?

There have been calls for the transition to alternative and renewable energy sources to be speeded up. The War in Ukraine has made many people question their reliance on oil and gas.

Rob and Roy look at the vocabulary used in the headlines.

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The story

Countries mainly in Europe have been trying to reduce their reliance on Russia's oil and gas following the invasion of Ukraine.

The EU gets roughly 40% of its gas from Russia: According to figures from research group Transport & Environment, this dependence costs around $118m a day.

The EU has now laid out a strategy that could cut reliance on this fuel source by two thirds within a year.

The REPowerEU plan aims to make Europe independent of Russian fossil fuels by 2030.

Key words and phrases

re-energise
give new energy and life to something

• The new evidence re-energised interest in the case.
• I felt re-energised after my weekend at the spa.

mitigate
lessen negative effects

• The new scheme was designed to mitigate the effects of the tax increase on low-income families.
• The new ad campaign was created to mitigate the bad publicity from the original adverts.

seeing sense
understanding something logical

• No matter how many times I tell him he needs to stop shouting in the office, he won’t see sense.
• I just wish you’d see sense and let people off the train before you get on it.

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