fossil fool
fossil fool noun: one who uses fossil fuels without concern for their environmental impact.
Noun
fossil fool (plural fossil fools)
- One who uses fossil fuels without concern for their environmental impact.
- I think that will be around 2012, when the net present value of solar electricity will basically be at parity with grid-based fossil fool electricity in many markets without subsidy.2008, Sustainable Industries Journal - Issues 60-70, page 17
- The supporters of the fossil-fool industry have tried to characterize conservation and solar as inefficient, uncomfortable, costly, and unproven.2011, David Bainbridge, Ken Haggard, Passive Solar Architecture, →ISBN, page 260
Forms of fossil fool
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Origin of fossil fool
A pun on fossil fuel.
Questions about fossil fool
- What does fossil fool mean?
- Fossil fool means one who uses fossil fuels without concern for their environmental impact.
- What part of speech is fossil fool?
- Fossil fool is a noun.
- What is the plural of fossil fool?
- The plural of fossil fool is fossil fools.
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