Sentences with phrase «effect unburnable»

If the agreements hold, these reserves will be in effect unburnable and so worthless — leading to massive market losses.

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«The majority of proven coal, oil, and gas reserves may be considered «unburnable» if global temperature increases are to be limited to two degrees Celsius,» he wrote in a letter to the British parliament's Environmental Audit Committee (PDF) in October, referring to the widely accepted temperature threshold for avoiding the worst effects of climate change.