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Originally Posted by Crowz
So if it gets vented I lose no sleep over it. Of course whenever any of my vehicles need servicing ac wise the 134a seems to just leak out mysteriously. No idea how. I guess gremlins.
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Update on Freon 134a as it relates to the effect it has on our atmosphere.
https://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/02/a...es/02COOL.html
If you don't want to go to the website and read about it here a brief synopsis of it.
In wide use for little more than a decade, the shortcoming of R134a is revealed by a standard measurement called the Global Warming Potential, established to compare other gases with the most plentiful greenhouse gas, carbon dioxide. The warming potential of R134a refrigerant is 1,410, meaning that the release of one gram of R134a would have the same global warming effect as releasing 1,410 grams of carbon dioxide. The warming number of Freon-12, the common auto refrigerant used into the 1990s, is 8,500.
I'm just trying to leave the world in the same or better condition for my kids and their kids.