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Air-Conditioning Discovery Eliminates Harmful Gases (www.scientificamerican.com)

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Heat pumps are ubiquitous in the form of air conditioners. Scientists just invented one that avoids harmful refrigerant gases

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Sounds great but also sounds like one of those technologies that works in a lab but may not scale up to mass production. Let us know if it can be made cheaply on a large scale

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Yeah, this won't mean anything unless it can be mass produced

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Let us know if it can be made cheaply on a large scale

Will do