Written question asked by Lord Brady of Altrincham (Conservative) on Tuesday, 26 March 2002, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 20 May 2002. It was answered by Michael Meacher (Labour) on Monday, 20 May 2002 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department had made of the viability of non-ozone depleting drop-in refrigerants. - Including figures. (Holding answer 10 April 2002).

Answer: Mr. Brady: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment her Department had made of the viability of non-ozone depleting drop-in refrigerants. [48075] Mr. Meacher: [holding answer 10 April 2002]: I am aware that in certain applications there are drop-in replacements for CFCs and HCFCs. One example is in mobile air-conditioning where HFC-134a is a drop-in replacement for CFC-12, although it should be noted that HFC-134a is also a powerful greenhouse gas with a 100-year Global Warming Potential 1,300 times the warming potential of Carbon Dioxide. There are, however, many other applications where a drop-in replacement is not feasible and the only alternative would either involve costly technical alternations to the refrigeration equipment or replacement of the equipment.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 48075; 386 c3W
Session: 2001-02
Subjects: Environment protection Hazardous substances Hydrochlorofluorocarbons Pollution control Ozone layer Refrigerators
Contains statistics: Yes
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