----- Original Message -----
From: "Kim Brennan" <kimbrennan@MAC.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2006 2:52 PM
Subject: Re: R-12 alternatives

> Hey, the gasoline in the vehicle is flammable too, so let's be
> cautious about using gasoline.

Absolutely. But more to the point, do you have gasoline in your passenger
compartment? No? Is the gasoline supply system designed in such a way that
it can inject atomized gasoline under high pressure into the passenger
compartment? No?

> Did you know the upholstery can burn? Wow, let's be cautious using
> upholstery.

Can the upholstery be ignited by a random spark in the air, or in a relay or
other electrical connection? Not likely. In fact if you wanted your
upholstery to burn substantially you'd probably have to do something
incredibly stupid or work at it.

If your gas and/or your upholstery is burning substantially you probably
already have bigger issues to worry about, like the truck that just tore
your vehicle in half.

> Hey, there is a carcinogen in the brakes (asbestos). Let's not use
> our brakes.

Do you have brake dust saturating your passenger compartment? No? Hopefully
you wear the proper respritory protection when you work on your brakes...?

> It's Friday somewhere, right?

Yeah it is, so what? You're just muddying the waters with this stuff. These
aren't comparable situations and you know it.

Robert

>
> On Sep 7, 2006, at 5:34 PM, Todd Last wrote:
>
>> Look at the photo of at the bottom of this link.
>> Reason to be cautious when using R-12 replacements which are
>> flammable.
>>
>> http://www.griffiths.com/achelp/achelp3.html