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Re:Ozone: The Earth's protective shield is repairing by kazinator on Tuesday November 06, 2018 @07:14PM (#18396112)
They are not really the same: eliminate the accidental release of niche refrigerant substances for which substitutes are available, versus the mass spewage of CO2 and hydrocarbons.

Note that refrigerants can be substituted without changing the refrigeration hardware at all. No infrastructure changes are required. There is no "tech stack disruption" at all.

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Re:Ozone: The Earth's protective shield is repairing by akvadrako on Tuesday November 06, 2018 @08:41PM (#18396518)
I don't totally agree. Modern fridges are worse than old ones in terms of noise and I think that has something to do with replacing CFCs with less effective coolants.

I know this because I tried several of newest quietest models before discovering ammonia absorption cooling.

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