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Hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs or Freon) are the replacement for chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs). The chlorine released from CFCs is very destructive of the ozone layer. HCFCs are less stable than CFCs and much of this gas breaks up before it reaches the lower stratosphere where the ozone layer is. However, some chlorine from HCFCs is still reaching and damaging the ozone layer. Other alternatives, hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), which have no chlorine have been developed instead. These have no effect on the ozone layer.

Unfortunately, one of the replacements, HFC-134a (aka R-134a), for example, used in automobile air conditioning units, is 1430 more powerful as a greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide (CO2).

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