How to Use carbon in a Sentence

carbon

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  • And the state’s plans for carbon neutrality have their critics.
    — Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2022
  • Otherwise, its styling is very much modern hypercar, hand built as a one-piece carbon-fiber monocoque chassis.
    — cleveland, 10 Dec. 2022
  • Experts say carbon removal is no substitute for preventing greenhouse gas emissions in the first place.
    — Justine Calma, The Verge, 23 Oct. 2024
  • The longer-term shift towards a less carbon-intensive economy is likely to continue.
    — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2022
  • The number one cause of carbon pollution in the U.S. is transportation, most of which comes from personal cars and trucks.
    — Phil Wahba, Fortune, 9 Dec. 2022
  • The robust hull is constructed out of extra-dense, high-end composite materials, while the superstructure is made of lightweight carbon.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 9 Dec. 2022
  • Ski lifts need power to keep turning all season, resort buildings need energy, snow groomers need fuel and guests need to travel, often creating large carbon footprints from long flights.
    — Rob Hodgetts, CNN, 10 Dec. 2022
  • The bulky headlights necessary for roadgoing GTs have been replaced by minimalistic beams that look to simply cut through the carbon body.
    — Jack Fitzgerald, Car and Driver, 9 Dec. 2022
  • Regenerative agriculture is a set of farming practices that are intended to recapture carbon into the soil through grazing and other techniques.
    — Jennifer Stojkovic, Rolling Stone, 8 Dec. 2022
  • The Flow Country’s great carbon sink stretched out to the south.
    — WIRED, 31 Jan. 2023
  • It’s scheduled to open in 2029 and will emit zero carbon from the start.
    — TIME, 20 May 2024
  • The carbon filter removes up to 99.7 percent of smoke, dust, and pet dander.
    — Ellen McAlpine, Popular Mechanics, 8 June 2023
  • The fire spewed nearly four times the carbon emissions as airplanes do in a year, study authors said.
    — CBS News, 27 June 2024
  • The current plan to avoid this fate is to reduce net carbon emissions to zero within the next 20 years.
    — The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 10 Oct. 2024
  • The rums are mixed, carbon filtered, and then rested in French oak casks for a smooth rum that's redolent of vanilla and caramel with just a hint of spice.
    — Lauren Hubbard, townandcountrymag.com, 11 Apr. 2023
  • Brazil—and, by extension, the planet that depends on the Amazon as a carbon sink—seems to be at a turning point.
    — Andre Pagliarini, The New Republic, 25 May 2023
  • Livestock pastures with trees have been shown to hold more carbon than open pasture lands.
    — Journal Sentinel, 7 Mar. 2024
  • The best way to wean the economy off burning carbon for energy is to put a tax on carbon.
    — Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2024
  • At the plant Just changing how corn is grown won’t lower the carbon intensity of ethanol enough.
    — Karina Atkins, Chicago Tribune, 15 May 2024
  • As with all Priority bikes, the Current comes with a carbon drive belt first used in autos rather than a chain.
    — Nathan Borchelt, Travel + Leisure, 16 Feb. 2024
  • And while that post didn't calculate the carbon emissions of such training runs, others have done so.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 15 Mar. 2023
  • The event has done the one thing such confabs are supposed never to do, which is expose the truth about climate change and the race to net-zero carbon emissions.
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 8 Dec. 2023
  • This forest type holds back much less water and stores much less carbon, which are key to slowing climate change.
    — Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2023
  • The rich and powerful do love to flock to Davos in their carbon-emitting private jets to discuss climate change.
    — Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 20 Jan. 2023
  • In this way, carbon is slowly deposited onto the thin slice.
    — Ana De Oliva, CNN, 6 Mar. 2024
  • But slowing demand for flying cuts the need for carbon removal way down.
    — Justine Calma, The Verge, 31 Jan. 2023
  • The peatlands also serve as a carbon sink, storing large amounts of the gas that would otherwise heat up the atmosphere.
    — Wanjohi Kabukuru, ajc, 8 Apr. 2023
  • This could go a long way toward helping the United States shift to carbon-free energy.
    — Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 13 Mar. 2023
  • The third variable is the pace of the green transition, which could affect revenues, depending on whether governments, consumers, and businesses make cutting carbon emissions a priority.
    — Michael Birshan, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2024
  • Avocado is also Climate Neutral Certified, meaning that it’s set out to reduce and offset its carbon emissions.
    — Renee Cherry, SELF, 26 Oct. 2024

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