In the rest of the country, natural gas has long since replaced oil, and sensibly so.

"The question is: Will new technologies replace oil before we run out of oil?"

Replacing oil is going to require more than determination.

How do you replace oil with apple sauce in a recipe?

"It could be a long time before any one of these technologies replaces oil," he said.

Obviously that is about electricity, which will not replace oil completely, but it shows what is possible.

By 1986 textiles had replaced oil as the top foreign-exchange source.

I set a goal to replace oil from around the world.

The Union should also seek more decisively than previously to replace oil with other sources of energy.

Biomass can play a considerable part in replacing oil and gas.