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- From: hacker@cco.caltech.edu (Jonathan Bruce Hacker)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos
- Subject: Re: Intrepid and Ozone A/C (was Re: Whining about buying American cars)
- Date: 15 Nov 1992 21:37:47 GMT
- Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
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- References: <1992Nov15.171901.27923@athena.mit.edu> <BxqMzH.51M@acsu.buffalo.edu> <1992Nov14.163136.24473@lmpsbbs.comm.mot.com> <1e4saqINN416@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> <1e6ausINNn3v@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu>
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- aas7@po.CWRU.Edu (Andrew A. Spencer) writes:
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- >In a previous article, cid@athena.mit.edu (Derek H Cedillo) says:
- >>
- >>"The air conditioning refrigerant cools without harming the ozone."
-
- >this may easily be true..but i dunno who dreamed up that they are the
- >first..this is the part i have problems with..considering that the
- >new VW's use it..i believe both BMW and Mercedes use it some..all of
- >these are, i believe 93 models..and methinks mercedes may have been
- >using them even longer..i can't quote from anything right now..but
- >i do know that VW's has been alleged on the net, and undisputed..and i've
- >read the others at some time..just don't know where.
-
- True enough, but I strongly believe we will see this new ozone saving
- miracle refrigerant (R-134A) banned sometime in our lifetime. There
- are some disturbing properties of this chemical and since it is still
- young (about 10 years old) its long term effects are still largely
- unknown.
-
- --
- Jon Hacker
- Caltech, Pasadena CA
- hacker@tumbler-ridge.caltech.edu
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