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Annual refrigerant consumption is ~10⁷ lb Annual CO₂ emissions are ~7x10¹³ lb If HVAC demand grew by a factor of a million while emissions remained constant, refrigerant demand would become meaningful.
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Yes but I had looked up refrigerant demand recently:
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Fixing USA's contribution to acid rain required installing 2 hydrotreaters at each of 150 refineries (300 units). Fixing CFC's for the entire globe required modifying a total of 15,000 bpd refrigerant manufacturing. 100,000,000 bpd oil consumption is a 1,000x bigger challenge.
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