Noncarbon

adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Not carbon or carbon-based; often used to refer to energy sources which do no generate carbon dioxide not-comparable

    "Chen Deming, one of the governments top economic planners, said hydropower was a critical noncarbon energy source and described the negative impacts of dams as controllable."

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"Chen Deming, one of the governments top economic planners, said hydropower was a critical noncarbon energy source and described the negative impacts of dams as controllable."

Etymology

From non- + carbon.

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carbon dioxide

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