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Date:         Mon, 12 May 1997 17:47:53 GMT
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From:         bhkraft@gj.net (Brian Kraft)
Subject:      Re: Recharge AC every year??

Chris McEwen wrote:


>About $100 for the Freon and $10,000 for the fine. Do not open a system
>with CFC's (e.g. Freon aka R12) without a certificate from the EPA.
>
>The run up in prices on Freon result from the Montreal Protocol of 1989
>that mandated the worldwide elimination of CFC's within a very short
>time frame. We are well into final implementation of that protocol and
>they are getting very serious about enforcement. You may not get caught
>but who do you know that can/will sell you the Freon?
>
>BTW: smuggling Freon in from Mexico is becoming a big business.


What's going on in Arizona re: Freon?
http://www.azstarnet.com/~rgrogan/freon.htm
http://photoscience.la.asu.edu/toadhall/maroons/environ.html


And has anyone used "AutoFrost" Freon sustitute?
http://www.worldserver.com/ghg/
-- 
Brian Kraft <bhkraft@gj.net> Grand Junction, Colorado
'86 Westy GL Syncro http://www.gj.net/~bhkraft/pic00009.jpg
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