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nonpolluting

/ ˌnɒnpəˈluːtɪŋ /

adjective

  1. (of a fuel, vehicle, technology, etc) not resulting in or causing pollution

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Other fuels — sunshine, water, wind, and geothermal heat — are nonpolluting, essentially infinite, and their growth rate outpaces global energy demand.

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After years of dreamy and not always credible talk of skies filled with flying, nonpolluting electric taxis, the aviation industry is preparing to deliver a future that it says is now just around the corner.

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This is a slower transition than the state has set for passenger cars and trucks, which have to switch to sales of nonpolluting models by 2035, in recognition of how much further behind the electric truck industry is.

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According to an analysis by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, the United States would need to construct more than 6,000 projects like the Monticello one in order to run the economy on solar, wind, nuclear or other forms of nonpolluting energy.

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“To see they have achieved ignition is fabulous. It is a profound breakthrough that brings an enticing promise that we could produce a nonpolluting, basically limitless source of energy.”

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