its8up t1_iuc6dhg wrote on October 30, 2022 at 5:22 AM

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

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.

vasya349 t1_iuch53i wrote on October 30, 2022 at 7:46 AM

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.