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carbon cost

carbon cost noun: synonym of carbon footprint.

Noun

carbon cost (plural carbon costs)

  1. Synonym of carbon footprint.
    • Without carbon costs, the marginal cost of producing electricity is given by the ratio between fuel costs and the efficiency of the plant.[…] With carbon costs, the marginal cost for each plant contains the emission factor which depends on the fuel burnt[…].2011, Julien Chevallier, Econometric Analysis of Carbon Markets: The European Union Emissions Trading Scheme and the Clean Development Mechanism, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 36

Synonyms of carbon cost

Forms of carbon cost

pluralcarbon costs

Origin of carbon cost

From carbon + cost.

Questions about carbon cost

What does carbon cost mean?
Carbon cost means synonym of carbon footprint.
What part of speech is carbon cost?
Carbon cost is a noun.
What is the plural of carbon cost?
The plural of carbon cost is carbon costs.

Words near carbon cost in the dictionary

  1. carbon chloride
  2. carbon copied
  3. carbon copies
  4. carbon copy
  5. carbon copying
  6. carbon cost
  7. carbon costs
  8. Carbon County
  9. carbon credit
  10. carbon credits
  11. carbon cycle

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