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The most common coolant gas is HCFC-22.
That coolant gas is being phased out under a global treaty, but the effort has been a struggle.
The high output keeps the prices of the coolant gas irresistibly low, discouraging air-conditioning companies from switching to less-damaging alternative gases.
So since 2005 the 19 plants receiving the waste gas payments have profited handsomely from an unlikely business: churning out more harmful coolant gas so they can be paid to destroy its waste byproduct.
That incentive has driven plants in the developing world not only to increase production of the coolant gas but also to keep it high — a huge problem because the coolant itself contributes to global warming and depletes the ozone layer.
But in this remote village adjacent to Gujarat Fluorochemicals Limited's coolant gas plant, environmental groups and residents have been at loggerheads with the company over pollution since it opened in 1989.
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Having reported on the coolant issue, I am reluctant to invest in a model containing any of the coolant gases commercially available in the United States.
An article on June 21 about coolant gases for air-conditioners that contribute to global warming misspelled the name of a coolant manufacturer in Mexico.
Some projects send coolant gases to be destroyed at an incinerator in Arkansas; others, tied to dairies in states like Ohio, Virginia and Wisconsin, will capture methane from livestock waste.
Chilling Effect: Articles in this series will describe the impact of the rising demand for coolant gases, a growing contributor to global warming.
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