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How to use the word hydrocarbons in a Sentence?

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We know that it is very common that a large range of chemicals are formed whenever plastic materials are burned, including styrene, benzene, and a wide number of polyaromatic hydrocarbons – all of these are strong carcinogens, and it’s important for people to avoid exposures.

Richard Peltier

Found on CNN
1 year ago

In addition to higher bread prices, discounted Russian oil and gas exports to China have also made it harder for Iran to sell hydrocarbons to its primary trading partner.

Zep Kalb

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The US has done practically everything The US can to sanction all parts of the Russian economy, which will have a devastating effect as time goes on, the Europeans would have to forswear purchasing Russian hydrocarbons, and they're not ready to do that yet.

Angela Stent

Found on CNN
2 years ago

The Europeans would have to forswear purchasing Russian hydrocarbons, and they're not ready to do that yet, they can only do that if they're assured they have other supplies of oil and gas. There's not that much left to sanction.

Angela Stent

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Any plan that focuses solely on limiting supply and fails to address demand for hydrocarbons will drive up energy prices for those who can least afford it, resulting in greater polarization around climate change and eroding progress.

Larry Fink

Found on CNN
2 years ago

The Navy subsequently drained the tank and collected samples from existing monitoring wells. Results taken in and around Tank 5 indicated increases of hydrocarbons in soil vapor and groundwater.

Hawaii Department of Health

Found on CNN
2 years ago

We use about 100 million barrels of oil in the world a day, roughly 25 million of that is used for gasoline automobiles. If we convert all 25 million barrels a day overnight to electric vehicles, we're still going to need a lot of hydrocarbons.

Scott Sheffield

Found on CNN
4 years ago

In circumstances of falling world oil prices Ukraine sharply reduced the search of hydrocarbons, that is why it is important that the winner committed to invest several hundred million dollars into the programme of geological exploration at the Yuzivska site.

Nadra Ukrainy

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

We are diversifying beyond hydrocarbons, we have to create jobs for the people and attract foreign direct investment.

Saleh Hamood Ali al-Hasni

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We have seen the potential of the Colombian Caribbean for the future of hydrocarbons, that is why we are making investment in offshore more attractive, taking measures that will allow us to incentivize exploration and production.

Mines Minister Tomas Gonzalez

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

It will allow, unlike in the current situation, to know who is acting in the hydrocarbons sector, the parties, their identities, where they are located.

Juvenal Munubo

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Croatia still hasn't decided whether it wants to develop industry or live off its natural beauty, realistically, I think the danger level is low and, if some quantities of hydrocarbons are found, the benefits will outweigh the risks.

Igor Dekanic

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Realistically, I think the danger level is low and, if some quantities of hydrocarbons are found, the benefits will outweigh the risks.

Igor Dekanic

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

This is very important for Cyprus because it will be the first time we go beyond the phase of hydrocarbons exploration to development and exploitation, this sends a message to foreign buyers that we have natural gas to sell.

Energy Minister Yiorgos Lakkotrypis

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

Approximately 80 % of our air pollution stems from hydrocarbons released by vegetation, so let's not go overboard in setting and enforcing tough emission standards from man-made sources.

Ronald Reagan

added by anonymous
10 years ago

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