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参照

• “carbon-neutral” in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press.
• “carbon-neutral” in the Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
• “carbon-neutral” (US) / “carbon-neutral” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
• “carbon-neutral” in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary.

語源

In mainstream usage since the early 2000s.^[1]

形容詞

carbon neutral (not comparable)

1. Having an overall zero carbon footprint after carbon emissions trading has been taken into account.

   Coordinate terms: carbon positive, carbon negative

   • 2003 January 23, Claude Martin, “Weather in Davos : Let's now get serious about warming”, in The International Herald Tribune‎^[1], ISSN 0362-4331:

     We must accelerate the switch from coal and oil to clean, carbon-neutral power. Such a shift will bring new jobs and growth.

   • 2004 February 6, Katherine Tanko, “Luxury in an 'eco' world”, in International Herald Tribune‎^[2], ISSN 0362-4331:

     The hotel plans to make the property "carbon neutral" — whereby carbon emissions are offset by tree planting or other green schemes, and the hotel car runs on filtered, used vegetable oil. Or will, when the promised supply arrives.

派生語

• carbon neutrality

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