Ammonia was in use as a refrigerant for decades before the invention of chloroflourocarbons.....................
So what we are saying is that fun at the rink....just doubled in price, and likely will double again within three years?
Will DFL types make the connection between being reduced to roller hockey and their suicidal voting patterns?
Doubtful...
Almost all of it based on unproven junk science.
It’s also a problem for homeowners with AC and heat pumps that use R-22 too. And they don’t have a crack (and I do mean crack) Democrat Senator like Amy Klobuchar helping them.
Wait. Did MN vote for the one or not?
I’ve still got a nice stash of R-11 that they banned in 96 for my old cars AC systems.
Obviously the commercial folks are gonna have to spend big bucks to convert.
It's the EPA that needs to be banned.
Morons.
This will reduce the number of rinks in the country resulting in even more travel to and from rinks. Which is good for the environment? Liberalism is a mental disorder.
Banning R-22 may be OK in Mn where you can just open the windows to freeze your Rink. Not so good in warmer climates.
Ammonia has been used since 1876 as a refrigerant and it’s cheaper, more efficient, doesn’t harm the Ozone hole and doesn’t contribute to globull warming..................
http://www.goodway.com/hvac-blog/2009/08/ammonia-as-a-refrigerant-pros-and-cons/
Thank gawd for the government, AGAIN!
Lets list some things that our government has helped to make worse or destroy through imperial regulations:
Light bulbs, dishwashers, clothes washers, clothes dryers, automobiles, stoves, furnaces, air conditioners, mattresses, pillows, toilets, shower heads, plumbing fixtures, insulation, paint, adhesives, laundry detergent, dishwasher detergent, insect repellent, fertilizers, etc.
Do you ever wonder why your parents appliances seemed to last 15 to 20 years and you can’t seem to get one to do much over 10? Why do they put all these plastic parts in our machines today? GOVERNMENT!!! They need to meet efficiency standards so the transmissions have to lighter.
All adhesives have to be water based and can’t have VOCs (smell funny). Dish washing and Laundry detergent can’t have phosphates any more. DDT was banned (could have saved millions of 3rd world lives). Diesel gas engines used to be VERY efficient... until the government decided they put out too much sulfur and mandated a different fuel.
Is the patent on the refigerant expiring?
Is a company waiting on “approval” for the latest “green” refigerant that will fix all the problems like the previous was supposed to?
It never ends.
The Fun Police.
Gee, isn’t R-22 what the eco-nuts told us we had to use to “save the planet”?
Can’t wait until they ban CO2
it’s a greenhouse gas, yaknow. SCroTUS agrees
Who’s patents are running out on R-22 ?
WE need to ban the EPA.