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carbon-neutral

carbon-neutral is the alternative spelling of carbon neutral.

Meaning of carbon neutral

Adjective

carbon neutral (not comparable)

  1. Having an overall zero carbon footprint after carbon emissions trading has been taken into account.
    • We must accelerate the switch from coal and oil to clean, carbon-neutral power. Such a shift will bring new jobs and growth.2003 January 23, Claude Martin, “Weather in Davos : Let's now get serious about warming”, in The International Herald Tribune, →ISSN

Forms of carbon-neutral

comparativemore carbon-neutral
superlativemost carbon-neutral

Questions about carbon-neutral

What is carbon-neutral the alternative spelling of?
Carbon-neutral is the alternative spelling of carbon neutral.

Words near carbon-neutral in the dictionary

  1. carbon-dating
  2. carbon-ferrous
  3. carbon-free
  4. carbon-intensive
  5. carbon-literate
  6. carbon-neutral
  7. carbon-nitrogen cycle
  8. carbon-nitrogen-oxygen cycle
  9. carbonaceous
  10. carbonaceous chondrite
  11. carbonaceous chondrites

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