I’ll note that new consumer appliances shifted away from these a while back. So the cost benefit isn’t for consumers; it’s for corporations which have large existing systems which are leaking.

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    HFC’s are also used extensively in manufacturing, especially in anything that involves an insulating foam as it is used as a blowing agent