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Discover LudwigThe word "carbon-intensive" is a correct and usable term in written English
It is used to describe a process or activity which produces large amounts of carbon dioxide emissions. For example: The process used to manufacture steel is highly carbon-intensive.
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carbon-intensive
adjective
Describing any process that has a high carbon footprint in relation to its economic importance
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Meanwhile, the west pursued a consumerist, carbon-intensive economy, unimpeded.
Some doctors avoid prescribing carbon-intensive treatments causing huge controversy.
Energy derived from burning coal is highly carbon-intensive.
These are expensive and carbon-intensive to refine.
We are aware the world wants less carbon-intensive fuels.
The policy document also makes no mention of phasing out Victoria's carbon-intensive brown coal plants.
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The method was both highly energy and highly carbon intensive, as well as being expensive.
We hope it has been instructive in helping you make your lifestyle less carbon intensive.
But this was not the case with climate change and carbon intensive industry.
Tar sands are among the dirtiest, most-carbon intensive of fossil fuels to exploit.
Uneaten food is cheaper and, some argue, less costly and carbon intensive.
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