Refrigerant Findings/phasing out of R-134a

[James <nyb@xxxxxxx>]

"R-134a will also be phased-out soon,
(it also has some ozone unfriendly components... or so they say if you
believe that BS)"

If someone were to tell you that R-134a is ozone unfriendly, that would indeed be BS.  However, R-134a (CH2FCF3) is being phased out because it is a greenhouse gas, like most hydrofluorocarbons (HFC's), and can absorb infrared radiation.  HFCs also have a relatively long lifetime in the atmosphere.  A molecule of HFC-134a has a greenhouse contribution roughly 30% that of a molecule of CO2, CO2 being one of the two most important greenhouse gases (the other being water vapour).

James

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