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Posts Tagged ‘Montreal Protocol’
Climate Change, Science & Technology, Jun 7th, 2010,
We’ve all heard of super-heroes and super-villains, but did you know there are also super-greenhouse gases? Recently, a rather serious issue was brought to my attention and now I am bringing it to yours. Lurking about our world are things known as HFCs (hydrofluorocarbons). They are man-made gases used as refrigerants and can be found in a particular appliance that gives us much comfort during those scorching hot days: air conditioners. They are also rapidly increasing and causing much concern among scientists and conservationists. In fact, according to the Fifth US Climate Action Report, these HFCs are predicted to more…
Tags: aggressive, air conditioning, Climate change, co2, elimination, emissions, global warming, HCFCs, HFCs, hydrofluorocarbons, Montreal Protocol, refrigerant, super greenhouse gases
Climate Change, Jul 30th, 2009,
Ah, the 60s…it was a time of the baby boomers, rock and roll, as well as the beehive and bouffant. The only way to get your hair into a towering beehive was to spray your tresses with liberal amounts of hairspray. Perhaps it was through this chemical haze of pubescent teens generously dousing their hair (and the atmosphere) with hairspray that someone thought that there has to be something wrong with this – and it wasn’t just spraying your hair with plastic and vinyl until it turned as hard as a rock. Studies showing that CFCs (found in aerosol cans,…
Tags: CFC, Montreal Protocol, NOAA, ozone depletion, ozone layer
