![]() ![]() I was not aware, for instance, that there exists a thriving black market in Freon in the United States. Though the solution of refrigerant management is only one of many, its magnitude is as hopeful as it is daunting: addressing this one sector could radically lower global emissions.’Īfter Cooling is full of revelations of many kinds. For scale, total global energy-related CO2 emissions for 2019 were about 33 gigatons. In his revelatory new book, After Cooling: On Freon, Global Warming, And The Terrible Cost Of Comfort (Simon & Schuster, New York, 2021) Eric Dean Wilson explains that sequestering or destroying chemical refrigerants could prevent emissions of ‘89.74 gigatons of carbon dioxide…. ![]() “It’s focused on refrigerant chemicals.”’ ‘“The official number one, I’m sorry to say, isn’t very sexy,” she said. ![]() The editor of the report was almost embarrassed about the finding. But according to the army of experts who compiled the 2017 report Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming the top solution is something quite different. ![]() These are of course the solutions we usually hear about. What kind of collective action is likely to be most effective in mitigating climate change? Switching to electric cars? Installing solar panels? Planting trees? Giving up flying? ![]()
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