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German manufacturers "back CO2 to replace HRC-134a"
7th August 2007
The CFC refrigerant HFC-134a will be banned from the EU market from 2011 under the EU mobile air conditioning directive and it seems, according to undisclosed industry sources reported by an alliance advancing the cause of CO2, that CO2 will become the standard refrigerant in vehicle air conditioning systems; German vehicle manufacturers have reportedly already agreed to suspend further research on alternative chemical refrigerants.
The Alliance for CO2 Solutions, a body dedicated to advancing the cause of CO2 for mobile air conditioning, has in its membership Greenpeace, Deutsche Umwelthilfe, ixetic, Konvekta, SINTEF and Shecco.
(Source: www.alliance-co2-solutions.org/ENDS Europe Daily)
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