[Milsurplus] Freon vs CO2

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You're correct on both counts.  But the groups who caused the Freon variant 
refrigerants to be outlawed are also the ones pushing the global warming scare. 
 The increased release of CO2 and etc. caused by use of much less efficient 
refrigerants will, if you believe them, exacerbate global warming.  Of course 
any reference to the fact that the planet is coming out of a little ice age or 
that the mean temperature has been higher that today's in relatively recent 
history are carefully screened out of all reports.  

The reason for my comment earlier about the refrigerant scare being BS was 
that Freon is heavier than air.  When released, it goes down, not up.  Unless 
you have something with enough force to loft a bunch of it, like a volcanic 
eruption or a thermonuclear explosion.  And it wouldn't survive the nuke anyway.

In a message dated 5/4/2005 2:35:36 PM Central Daylight Time, sdaitch at ibb.gov 
writes: 
> I thought the real problem with freon was that it affected the ozone layer, 
> while
> greenhouse gases were the effect of higher carbon dioxide level, two 
> differenet
> animals.
> 
> 73
> Sheldon
> WA4MZZ
> 
> "J. Forster" wrote:
> 
> >Gordon White wrote:
> >
> >>  Incidentally, have you seen that the HCH's that replaced Freon are now 
> an
> >>environmental no-no? Worse than Freon.

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