Very interesting! I had just believed what the gov told me about freon. Now
I shall have to research it a bit.
mayf
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To: <tigers@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, June 30, 2003 6:06 PM
Subject: Re: Off Topic A/C Question...wierd stuff
> Here's a bit of a different take. An uncle of mine in refrigeration once
informed me that he ran propane (YES PROPANE) in all his vehicle air
conditioning systems. I thought he was pulling my leg. When pressed, he
insisted, and a cousin confirmed. I still think its crazy, and wouldn't
want to drive around in that bomb anyway.
>
> Nevertheless, I later read that most of the R12 on our market is from
Mexico, and most of it is tainted. Indeed, the article stated that over 50%
of the R-12 on the market was either straight up "propane" or tainted with
large amounts of "propane." Curious. That means, if true, that thousands
of recently charged cars are running around with propane in their air
conditioning systems. In a strange way that validates my uncle's
statements.
>
> Further on the propane, did you ever take note that the reason for
switching from 12 to 134 was to save the ozone layer. Have any of you ever
seen what happens to died R 12 when its released from a system. It dives
right to the ground. How is it that this stuff is contaminating the
stratosphere?
>
> I had also heard (complete rumor) that the R 12 prohibition arose just as
DuPont's patent ran out, and guess who had the patent on R 134. Curious,
huh?
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> Bob Nersesian
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