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BussyCat@lemmy.world 2 weeks agowww.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
SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
In EU new installments using refrigerants with GWP of over 150 will be straight up banned next year, at least for home usage