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Current Events => Political Ammunition => Global Warming, Its Myths and Its Truths => Topic started by: SSG Snuggle Bunny on December 13, 2012, 10:44:54 AM
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“When engineers at Mercedes-Benz tasked with field-testing a revolutionary new refrigerant watched it ignite in a ball of fire before their eyes, it took a while for the significance of their discovery to sink in.
Simulating a leak in the air-conditioning line of a Mercedes B-Class tourer, they had released a fine mixture of refrigerant and A/C compressor oil, which sprayed across the car’s turbo-charged 1.6 litre engine.
The substance caught fire as soon as it hit the hot surface, releasing a toxic, corrosive gas as it burned. The car’s windshield turned milky white as lethal hydrogen fluoride began eating its way into the glass.
“We were frozen in shock, I am not going to deny it. We needed a day to comprehend what we had just seen,†said Stefan Geyer, a senior Daimler engineer who ran the tests.â€
After Daimler’s findings, major carmakers quietly did a new round of safety tests. The tests showed combustion occurring in more than two-thirds of the cases after a simulated head-on collision, Reuters says.
The EPA is handing out [corporate] subsidies to use this shit in cars.
http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2012/12/environmenatlly-safe-refrigerant-can-blow-up-and-poison-you-if-you-arent-dead-already/