Comment on A new cooling technology freezes food without warming the climate

• BussyCat@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  www.freon.com/en/…/residential-refrigeration

  R134 was the “safe” refrigerant to replace R-12 because R12 is 11000x more potent of a ghg than co2

  There are some new refrigeration units that use R600 but the vast majority of refrigerators are still R134

  R600 being a highly flammable gas (it’s butane) has slowed its rollout a lot. Hence why a solid state non volatile refrigerant is still a cool development

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  • SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    In EU new installments using refrigerants with GWP of over 150 will be straight up banned next year, at least for home usage

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