Posted on 10/20/2022 1:22:33 PM PDT by JeepersFreepers
The Senate has voted to ratify a global climate treaty that will phase down the use and production of hydrofluorocarbons, or HFCs, the climate-warming chemicals widely used in air conditioning and refrigeration.
The Senate voted 69-27 on Wednesday to move forward the 2016 Kigali Amendment, an amendment to the 1987 Montreal Protocol climate treaty that dramatically curbs the use of HFCs, which are thousands of times more potent than carbon dioxide at heating up the Earth. Forty-eight Democrats and 21 Republicans voted in favor; four members of the Senate did not vote.
“This is a win-win in our fight against climate change and will go a long way to battle rising global temperatures while also creating tens of thousands of good-paying American jobs,” Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said Wednesday.
Shortly after taking office, President Joe Biden issued an executive order requesting that Congress ratify the Kigali Amendment, among a series of other federal actions to reduce domestic greenhouse gas emissions.
(Excerpt) Read more at cnbc.com ...
The 27 Republicans voting for the Kigali Amendment to the Treaty are listed here.
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“No cool for you! “
R12 was as important as soap for the building of the prosperity and health we enjoy today. Banning it was based on lies like DDT. Just another BS “we gotta do something” to save the planet and empower the government at the expense of people.
US Senators steal enough money that they will always have air conditioning.
I guess I should order some more R410A while I can.
Thanks for the link. The usual gang of idiots in the Senate voting for this ‘science’.
They’ll eventually create and mandate a new safe refrigeration chemical, it will likely be something that will only work if it’s over 88 degrees.
A lot of companies are already using Propane again for their smaller refrigeration systems, I can’t wait til we get the nightly stories of people blowing themselves up while trying to fix their AC or fridge...
In the US, some medications for asthma and other respiratory issues that used CFCs were taken from the market or changed to where they were far less effective. This would probably do the same thing again.
Ok, time to buy some R-410a bottles.
Also, don’t forget that this stuff is used in a heat pump, too.
I suppose the green weenies want us to just jam electricity through a coil for heat, no matter how inefficient it is. Great news for Mother Earth.
How much will the new fridge cost me...20k? This climate stuff is going to be worse than covid crap.
Pikers! This amendment was named for the capital of Rwanda. The Rwandans were satisfied with killing only 1/13th of their population.
Our global warming masters want much more than that!
Pikers! This amendment was named for the capital of Rwanda. The Rwandans were satisfied with killing only 1/13th of their population.
Our global warming masters want much more than that!
The cynic ine wonders if the patent on the now-illegal refrigerant has expired and the chemical companies have a new one for you to buy.
DuPont’s patent must be expiring again.
Glad I live in Alaska where AC is mostly an unneeded luxury.
Look up “The 10 stages of genocide; this is stage IV, dehumanizing the target group by comparing them to insects and vermin.
I was surprised that Kennedy voted for it. The other TOP Yea votes were the usual RINOs,
Erratum: That’s GOP Yea votes, not TOP.
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