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单词 carbon neutral
释义

carbon neutral


adjective

pertaining to or having achieved a state in which the net amount of carbon dioxide or other carbon compounds emitted into the atmosphere is reduced to zero because it is balanced by actions to reduce or offset these emissions: Since the administration installed solar panels, the campus has become carbon neutral;a carbon-neutral brewery.
See also carbon credit, carbon offsetting.

Origin of carbon neutral

First recorded in 1990–95

OTHER WORDS FROM carbon neutral

carbon neutrality, noun

Words nearby carbon neutral

carbon monoxide, carbon monoxide hemoglobin, carbon monoxide poisoning, carbonnade, carbon nanotube, carbon neutral, carbon-nitrogen cycle, carbon offset, carbon offsetting, carbonous, carbon paper
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Example sentences from the Web for carbon neutral

  • Google, for one, has gotten plenty of press about its four-year-old ambition to become a carbon-neutral company.

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