[Milsurplus] Re: Frying pan to fire.. was Hot meters

J. Forster jfor at quik.com
Wed May 4 14:10:13 EDT 2005


Gordon White wrote:

>  Incidentally, have you seen that the HCH's that replaced Freon are now an
> environmental no-no? Worse than Freon.

I've been told that the Freon replacements have a lower thermodynamic efficiency
than R-12 or  R-22, and, as a result, require more power to produce the same
number of BTU/Hr. This means more greenhouse gasses from the power plants (non
nukes). Progress ??  I wonder.

-John


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