Subject: cfc industry/ was energy industry...

From: BOB ALLEN 0310 <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 9 Apr 1995 22:14:01 GMT

In a previous post Harry writes

 ...To do what we have already to the CFC industry...

Response: Just what is it we have done?  Corporations which
formerly produced CFC are now producing HCFC (hydochlorofluoro-
carbons) and will eventially produce HFC (hydrofluorocarbons).

Scientists and engineers are busily reconfiguring compressors
etc. to accomadate the slightly different vapor pressure,
and other physical properties.  Yes it costs us all a little
more to "keep our cool" But compared to the risk of increased
costs for treating more cancer, more costs for food due to reduced
agracultural productivety, for incalculable costs for decreased
biodiversity, it's a bargin.  And it's working, although the conc
of cfcs in the stratophere is still increasing, the rate of increase
is slowing. Peak concentrations are projected a few decades out and
a return to pre 1990 levels around 2070, if memory serves me.

 So call me conservative, I like to hear the spring peepers here in the
Ozarks.  Maybe I would even hear them even if wee didn't do something
but to me the risk is too great and the cost reasonable.

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 Bob Allen                     [email-masked]
 Professor of Chemistry
 Arkansas Tech University      501-968-0310
 Russellville, Ar 72801
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