Re:Air-conditioners do great good, but at a high environment...
by dsr_ on Tuesday August 28, 2018 @08:58PM
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Ethyl alcohol is cheap, highly available; people are already familiar with its particular flammability and toxicity issues and are comfortable handling it.
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Re:Air-conditioners do great good, but at a high environment...
by scythe on Wednesday August 29, 2018 @12:19AM
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You would not only get very drunk from that, you could damage your skin and/or catch fire, if there is a source of ignition.
There are a few liquids that would work. One example is the refrigerant HCFC-124. However, all of these liquids are chlorofluorocarbons, and cause much more damage to the atmosphere than any amount of A/C usage. Pretty much all volatile organic compounds fall into at least one of three categories: flammable, toxic, highly potent greenhouse gas.
Re:Air-conditioners do great good, but at a high environment...
by logfromblammo on Wednesday August 29, 2018 @10:59AM
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Don't forget carcinogenic, teratogenic, corrosive, unbearably stinky, and insect pheromone.
For instance, you wouldn't want to smell like a ton of bananas all the time, or drive honeybees into a frenzy every time you pass by.
Re:Air-conditioners do great good, but at a high environment...
by Johnny555 on Tuesday August 28, 2018 @10:20PM
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I'm comfortable pouring diluted alcohol in a glass and drinking it, not with soaking my clothes in it and covering large areas of my body in a continual bath of flammable liquid that also dries out my skin.