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Refrigeration chemicals are a nightmare for the climate. Experts say alternatives must spread fast (apnews.com)

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well the silver lining here is those phased out refrigerants are increasingly expensive to purchase, since they don’t make it anymore.

Haven’t read the article yet to see if they cover this, but the AIM act just went into affect in the US, which ramps up the phaseout of R-134a and some others. Now we just need to stop DuPont from creating more of those HFOs that are shown to break down into forever chemicals…