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> especially as the E.U. looks to phase out hydrofluorocarbons, a polluting cooling agent commonly found in A.C. units, by 2050.
The US is doing similar with phasing out R-410A, many of the replacements have the same properties the EU is pushing for (lower GWP)
Baron von Masoch was European.
We are not. Not sure where this myth comes from.
>Yet even as the continent continues to face rising temperatures, it's unlikely to become widespread—especially as the E.U. looks to phase out hydrofluorocarbons, a polluting cooling agent commonly found in A.C. units, by 2050.
Propane is a better refrigerant all the way.
It doesn't seem that way according to the Guardian article linked to in this thread that was also just posted: