On Wed, 14 May 2003, Dan Erlandson wrote:

> Just a reminder to all Freon folks that the reason behind the increase in
> cost of Freon is that its phase out is due to the Montreal Protocol an
> international agreement reached in the late 80's that essentially banned all
> chlorofuorocarbons (except for medical and some agricultural use) because of
> their implication in the destruction of the ozone layer.  So... continuing
> to use Freons is just contributing to the accelerated destruction of the
> ozone layer (cataracts ,skin cancer... talk to any Australian about this).

Considering I've heard that corporations can still buy it and use it as a
cleaning solvent, the piddly amount that leaks out of our A/C systems
seems unlikely to make a big difference.

David Brodbeck, N8SRE
'82 Diesel Westfalia
'94 Honda Civic Si