A greenhouse gas called nitrogen trifluoride, used to make the TVs, is 17,000 times more potent than carbon dioxide, said Michael Prather, director of the environment institute at the University of California, Irvine.
Prather's research shows production of the gas, which remains in the atmosphere for 550 years, is "exploding".
It is expected to double by next year, from the current 4,000 tons produced annually.
But unlike other key greenhouse gases — such as carbon dioxide, sulphur hexafluoride (SF6) and perfluorocarbons (PFCs) — emissions of the gas are not restricted under the Kyoto protocol or similar agreements, The Guardian report said.
This is just like everything else these busy-body environmentalists find objectionable. Based on scant little evidence, they insist that we cease enjoying living, and revert to 11th Century misery as a way of life. Yesterday it was trans-fat, today it's TV's, tomorrow it'll be whatever they decide gives regular people joy, but that they haven't banned or regulated to death. I'm buying not one but two flat screens in the near future and they can have them the same time they come for my guns.
Better get yours while you still can.
I wonder how many of these "well-informed" eco-nuts have a TV just like the one pictured below in their home.
ReplyDeleteOk, panel TV's have only been around a few years, and apparently they are the main reason this gas is being manufactured. So we can assume that before about 20 years ago, the amount of this gas in the atmosphere was negligible.
ReplyDeleteGiven this, JUST EXACTLY HOW IN THE FLAMING FUCK CAN YOU SAY A GAS PRODUCED ONLY IN THE LAST 20 YEARS LASTS FOR 550 YEARS IN THE ATMOSPHERE?????????????????????
Unless you are lying to people so that the government can steal their money and impose Stalinist control, that is.
Oh, and one other question. Since this gas is also used to manufacture solar panels, why not be intellectually honest and call for a solar panel ban, also?
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