OOOPS!  typo..

Ran across this a long time ago and just found it again  ... For those
conspiracy buffs.

The real story on patents.

http://www.imcool.com/articles/aircondition/refrigerant_history.htm

jimt

On 4/29/05 13:15, "dhaynes@optonline.net" <dhaynes@optonline.net> wrote:

> Why would a FLAPS be selling R-22? Do you mean R-12? Most of the cost of
> either is due to Taxes (penalties) designed to reduce their use to top off
> systems that are leaking.
>
> Dennis
>>
>>> At 09:51 PM 4/28/2005, you wrote:
>>>> Dupont, and one other company that makes the alternative
>> freon's patent
>>>> rights run out in two years, and currently the price for the
>> 134A is
>>>> between 350.00 and $475.00 per 30 lbs. bottle.
>>>>
>>>> If you can locate it at Walmart, K-Mart for on the cheap, jump
>> on it.
>>>>
>>>> It won't be for long.
>>>
>>> Why would the price go UP if the patent runs out? More
>> manufacturers would
>>> be making it. Unless this is a reference to the conspiracy
>> theory that R-12
>>> was only banned because DuPont's patent ran out on THAT...
>>>