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Lurking_was_Boring t1_iubzb60 wrote

Reply to comment by Silver_gobo in Joe Biden just signed the Kigali Amendment, an international climate treaty that phases out HFC pollutants by eddytony96

CO2 refrigerant systems have come a long way in recent years.

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its8up t1_iuc6dhg wrote

The equipment is costly compared to the current stuff. Would be much simpler and cheaper to risk turning your home into a bomb by using hc refrigerants. I have a 1987 RV that cools nicely with isobutane and propane going through an r12 evaporator core. Sure the first test run turned my classic camper into a bomb, as the original evaporator core blew a leak, but nothing detonated and everyone still has their fingers and toes.

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vasya349 t1_iuch53i wrote

At least part of that cost is because it didn’t have the economies of scale or investment HFCs do. 2/3rds of congress wouldn’t pass a law on a subject this contentious if they had any points to score.

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