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It illustrates how the extremely challenging goal of *capping* CO2 emissions in 2004 at today's levels could be achieved.
2006-12-21 14:34:41 · 5 answers · asked by Satria 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Basically, it would mean setting a maximum allowable amount. Same as a price cap in professional sports...
2006-12-21 14:45:09 · answer #1 · answered by ridge50 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are stating that the goal is to stop CO2 emissions on new cars from being higher than the previous years. Ex. if you were to draw a line graph showing a constantly rising line, then you "capped" that line and the result was that the line would now start to drop back down towards the x axis.
2006-12-21 22:40:43 · answer #2 · answered by Ace Meridian 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In that context, capping means limiting or to limit the CO2 emissions level.
2006-12-21 22:44:09 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
when you cap something you don't allow it to rise higher than the cap. when something is rising it hits the cap and has to stop.
2006-12-21 22:50:30 · answer #4 · answered by Bodhisattva E 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
restricting, confining to
2006-12-22 15:26:31 · answer #5 · answered by Doethineb 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋