If 'carbon negative' and 'carbon positive' are terms used interchangeably to mean completely opposite things, what are alternative terms that clarify the difference without confusion?

SeahorseTreble@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml – 42 points –

For example, could alternative terms like "carbon reducing" and "carbon increasing" make it more clear and avoid misinterpreting which means which?

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Not OP, but I imagine "carbon negative" sounds negative because it has the word "negative" in it.

When it fact "carbon negative" means you're reducing carbon, which is generally regarded as a positive thing.

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