Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
decarburization .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The action or process of depriving a substance of carbon.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The act or process of
decarbonizing .
Etymologies
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Examples
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With respect to proliferation and spent fuel disposal, the Obama administration should terminate the reprocessing component of the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP), which is irrelevant to the near - and mid-term decarbonization challenge and faces long-term uncertainties regarding operational reliability, economic viability, and international control on abuse of the technology for weapons.
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And the argument that China and the rest of the developing world (the population of which is still increasing) should continue to follow their Kuznets curves through massive coal-fueled industrialization followed by rampant consumerism and gradual "decarbonization" ignores the potentially devastating effects of all the CO2 emitted while that process ran its course.
Todd Palmer and Rob Pringle: New York Times' Tierney Wrong on "Saving the Planet" 2009
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Bringing greenhouse gas GHG emissions under control presents a formidable technological and financial challenge that will require an effective 'decarbonization' of the global economy over the next 50 years.
Archive 2008-01-01 2008
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Bringing greenhouse gas GHG emissions under control presents a formidable technological and financial challenge that will require an effective 'decarbonization' of the global economy over the next 50 years.
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it reflects the judgment of people who endorse "decarbonization" - but who deem the Kyoto accord an utter and abject failure.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed NEIL REYNOLDS 2011
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PositiveEnergy grew out of the research AS+GG did to develop a "decarbonization" plan for Chicago's Loop, part of the firm's broader interest in sustainable designs.
Archpaper.com - News Channel archpaper.com 2010
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The Decarbonization Macro-Trend - As motors and power-plants of one sort or another have become more and more efficient, and as more carbon-dense fuels are replaced with less carbon-dense successors, the result has been the slow, 200-year 'decarbonization' of the world's fuel supply.
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The process of "decarbonization" started long before Al Gore was born.
Dr Roy's Thoughts 2009
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Findings column on Kuznets curves with an upbeat illustration of the "decarbonization" trend measured by Paul Waggoner.
TierneyLab 2009
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The process of "decarbonization" started long before Al Gore was born.
CARPE DIEM 2009
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