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The car is too expensive so we're trying to find a cheaper ___.

• alternative

• sustainability

• reduction

• exception

very large or important

• renewable

• major

• practical

• crucial

A company well-known for its commitment to environmental ___.

• reduction

• renewal

• sustainability

• generation

the act of making something, or of something becoming, smaller in size, amount, degree, importance, etc

• regulation

• exhaustion

• consumption

• reduction

The system is eco-friendly because the waste heat is ___ to electricity.

• converted

• exhausted

• vanished

• generated

The electricity industry ___ large amounts of fossil fuels.

• emits

• consumes

• shrinks

• vanishes

the waste gas from an engine, especially a car's, or the pipe the gas flows through

• exhaust

• convert

• consume

• vanish

The department is responsible for ___ the insurance industry.

• cutting down on

• emitting

• regulating

• consuming

The regulations require a reduction in harmful ___.

• emissions

• regulations

• reduction

• sustainability

that is replaced naturally or controlled carefully and can therefore be used without the risk of using it all up

• renewable

• practical

• crucial

• major