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by cortic 248 days ago
> Better coolants

The Montreal protocol (1987) put us back into the dark ages with coolants for a while (both with CFC ban and later phase outs of HFCs). I suspect if you tested a refrigerator from 40 years ago they would give modern ones a run for their money...

It was obviously a worthwhile sacrifice for the ozone layer though.