Refrigerants are chemical fluids that have made air conditioning and refrigeration possible, but they are hundreds or even thousands of times more powerful at warming the planet than carbon dioxide, the most notorious greenhouse gas.
  • umbrella
    161·
    1 year ago

    didnt we fucking solve that one already

    • silence7@slrpnk.netOPM
      13·
      1 year ago

      The US mandated a switch-over for new equipment, pursuant to the Kigali amendment. Problem is that there’s a ton of older refrigerants currently in use, and if we don’t actively dispose of the equipment containing them, they’ll leak into the atmosphere as the equipment ages and breaks.

      • Afghaniscran@feddit.uk
        4·
        1 year ago

        Yep, CO2, Ammonia and HFOs are probably our best bets at the minute to reduce global warming and keeping refrigeration systems.

    • SomeoneSomewhere@lemmy.nz
      7·
      1 year ago

      We solved the ozone layer issues from refrigerant by moving from CFCs to HCFCs then HFCs. That didn’t reduce the greenhouse effect though.