• Carmakazi@piefed.social
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    23 hours ago

    and uses four times the electricity and substances that have been banned since the 80s

    • Riskable@programming.dev
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      22 hours ago

      …and burns people’s homes down due to lack of safety features.

      …and children choke to death from easily removable small parts.

      …and people get electrocuted because of a lack of warning label telling them not to use it in the bath.

      • ElJefe@lemmy.ca
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        22 hours ago

        Mmm ya and give me some lead to go with that asbestos please. Best combo

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            Banning CFCs was the biggest hit to long-lasting, efficient AC and refrigeration.

            It was also critical to stopping the complete removal of the fucking ozone layer.

            That’s not to say we couldn’t build a lot more stuff without obsolescence fuses, unrepairable designs, and trickling out features to force unnecessary replacement.