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v. - Remove a nonmetallic chiefly tetravalent element from (an engine).

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  • Carbon capture and storage has been promoted as a means to "decarbonise" fossil fuels by removing and storing the CO2 during the production of energy.
  • It insists we must act now to decarbonise our economy, whatever the consequences.
  • But China will not commit to decarbonise its economy unless the US accepts a binding and ambitious emissions reduction target.
  • We need ways to address the existing building stock, at an individual building and urban scale, to reduce energy demand and decarbonise the energy supply.
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