Purely Editorial

["Al Powell" <apowell@agcom.tamu.edu>]

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I am motivated for some strange reason to comment further on the AC 
situation.

In the aggregate, there may - just MAY - be enough evidence to say 
that controlling the discharge of CFC's from cooling systems is "good 
for the environment".  

However, as has been commented on in this group, environmental 
systems are not linear.  There are many, many "systems" which affect 
the ozone layer and exert cimlatic influences.  Human-generated CFS's 
are a tiny, tiny part of this.

However - departing from the aggregate and looking at the impact of 
ONE person discharging ONE AC charge into the air, I utterly fail to 
see how the impact is significant.  If this is REALLY the case, we 
need to start citing motorists involved in head-on collisions for 
tampering with the environment (in addition to their traffic 
misdeeds) for the heinous crime of releasing CFC's into the air as a 
result of their AC condensers being damaged by the collision.

Although I carefully collect my motor oil and filters and re-cycle 
them, as well as collecting and recycling glass and aluminum, I 
guess I'm an environmental malefactor.   Ferinstance, I WOULD be glad 
to turn in my used antifreeze if anyone in this silly burg would take 
it, but I spent three hours looking for ANYone who would take it last 
time I changed antifreeze - then left the jugs in a dumpster after 
wasting half a day and giving up in disgust.  

Frankly, if some of this stuff is so damn important, then we need 
better systems to deal with it.  **When** those systems become 
readily available and reasonably convenient to ME, I will use them.  
Until then, I will use my own common sense, which includes 
consideration of the fact that I can't burn up a week trying to 
find a recycling station for two stinkin' gallons of dirty water or 
someone who will suck the gas out of my AC system.

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