Postpetroleum

adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    After a decline in reliance on petroleum. not-comparable

    "The latest effort comes not in some green hub like Portland, Ore., but in the Persian Gulf, fueled as much by oil wealth —— and the need to find postpetroleum business models —— as environmental zeal."

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"The latest effort comes not in some green hub like Portland, Ore., but in the Persian Gulf, fueled as much by oil wealth —— and the need to find postpetroleum business models —— as environmental zeal."

Etymology

From post- + petroleum.

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