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- acmhainn ardcharbóin Tagairt Faomhadh an téarma seo mar chuid de Thionscadal Lex
- ga
- high carbon resource | high-carbon resource
- en
- Sainmhíniú stock or reserve of material which can be drawn on when necessary for industrial processes and which contains a high proportion of carbon per unit Tagairt COM-EN, based on "resource, n.", OED Online, November 2010, Oxford University Press, http://www.oed.com/viewdictionaryentry/Entry/163768 [10.2.2011]
- Nóta Examples: coal, petroleum. Because of their high carbon content, these resources, when utilised, can be significant contributors to greenhouse gas (particularly carbon dioxide) emissions.