From: jbslocum on
On Sun, 3 Jan 2010 12:36:25 -0500, "Mike Hunter" <Mikehunt2(a)lycos,com>
wrote:

>We are still waiting for the scientific evidence that proves CO2, a gas the
>comprise less than one tenth of one percent of our atmosphere, can effect
>the average temperature of the earth either up or down.

I just read a news release, quoted here in part, that states:

THE SUMMER of 2007 may be remembered as a turning point in the
fluorocarbon industry, for it was then that the members of the German
Association of Automotive Industry (VDA), spurred by a European Union
mandate, jointly decided to employ air conditioning systems using
carbon dioxide (CO2), rather than a fluorocarbon, as the refrigerant.

The URL is all across the page so I didn't include it but google on
Europe and new refrigerant will get you any number of hits.

Regards,

J.B.