On Wed, 14 May 2003, Dan Erlandson wrote: > Just a reminder to all Freon folks that the reason behind the increase in > cost of Freon is that its phase out is due to the Montreal Protocol an > international agreement reached in the late 80's that essentially banned all > chlorofuorocarbons (except for medical and some agricultural use) because of > their implication in the destruction of the ozone layer. So... continuing > to use Freons is just contributing to the accelerated destruction of the > ozone layer (cataracts ,skin cancer... talk to any Australian about this). Considering I've heard that corporations can still buy it and use it as a cleaning solvent, the piddly amount that leaks out of our A/C systems seems unlikely to make a big difference.
David Brodbeck, N8SRE '82 Diesel Westfalia '94 Honda Civic Si |
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