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Date:         Fri, 29 Apr 2005 07:56:54 -0700
Reply-To:     jbange <hfinn@INGRATES.NET>
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From:         jbange <hfinn@INGRATES.NET>
Subject:      Re: AC Conversion
In-Reply-To:  <19493-4271BD6C-3440@storefull-3172.bay.webtv.net>
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At 09:51 PM 4/28/2005, you wrote:
>Dupont, and one other company that makes the alternative freon's patent
>rights run out in two years, and currently the price for the 134A is
>between 350.00 and $475.00 per 30 lbs. bottle.
>
>If you can locate it at Walmart, K-Mart for on the cheap, jump on it.
>
>It won't be for long.


Why would the price go UP if the patent runs out? More manufacturers would
be making it. Unless this is a reference to the conspiracy theory that R-12
was only banned because DuPont's patent ran out on THAT...
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