{"id":532417,"date":"2010-04-18T11:30:38","date_gmt":"2010-04-18T15:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cleantechnica.com\/?p=8447"},"modified":"2010-04-18T11:30:38","modified_gmt":"2010-04-18T15:30:38","slug":"the-21st-century-iceman-cometh-toting-sustainable-refrigerant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/532417","title":{"rendered":"The 21st Century Iceman Cometh, Toting Sustainable Refrigerant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-8448\" href=\"http:\/\/cleantechnica.com\/2010\/04\/18\/the-21st-century-iceman-cometh-toting-sustainable-refrigerant\/new-sustainable-refrigerant-on-the-way\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8448\" title=\"new sustainable refrigerant on the way\" src=\"http:\/\/go635254.s3.amazonaws.com\/cleantechnica\/files\/2010\/04\/new-sustainable-refrigerant-on-the-way.jpg\" alt=\"a new solid refrigerant could provide a sustainable alternative to compressed gas refrigerants linked to global warming\" width=\"500\" height=\"331\" \/><\/a>Scientists in Spain and Germany are working on a new material that could set <a title=\"sciencedaily.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2010\/04\/100416193722.htm\" >the refrigeration industry<\/a> back 80 years &#8211; in a good way, that is.\u00a0 As reported by <a title=\"sciencedaily.com home\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\" >Science Daily<\/a>, instead of fluorinated gasses the new material is a solid, like the familiar old blocks of ice from a bygone era only in a high tech form for the sustainable new millenium.<\/p>\n<p>The push to find alternatives to fluorinated gasses (HFCs) is urgent, because they have been identified as a group of particularly powerful and long lasting <a title=\"beyondhfcs.org website\" href=\"http:\/\/www.beyondhfcs.org\/pages\/natural-refrigerants.php\" >greenhouse gasses that contribute to global warming<\/a>.\u00a0 Mechanical refrigeration will enter more households as the world&#8217;s population grows and more regions adopt modern technology, so the potential market for a non-polluting alternative to HFC&#8217;s is enormous.<\/p>\n<h3> <a href=\"http:\/\/cleantechnica.com\/2010\/04\/18\/the-21st-century-iceman-cometh-toting-sustainable-refrigerant\/#more-8447\" class=\"more-link\">(more&#8230;)<\/a><\/h3>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/cleantechnica\/com?a=PNNB_B1xjBE:ESc8F9pmpCk:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/cleantechnica\/com?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/cleantechnica\/com?a=PNNB_B1xjBE:ESc8F9pmpCk:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/cleantechnica\/com?i=PNNB_B1xjBE:ESc8F9pmpCk:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/cleantechnica\/com?a=PNNB_B1xjBE:ESc8F9pmpCk:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/cleantechnica\/com?i=PNNB_B1xjBE:ESc8F9pmpCk:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/cleantechnica\/com?a=PNNB_B1xjBE:ESc8F9pmpCk:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/cleantechnica\/com?i=PNNB_B1xjBE:ESc8F9pmpCk:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/cleantechnica\/com?a=PNNB_B1xjBE:ESc8F9pmpCk:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/cleantechnica\/com?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/cleantechnica\/com\/~4\/PNNB_B1xjBE\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scientists in Spain and Germany are working on a new material that could set the refrigeration industry back 80 years &#8211; 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