[ROLF of the HILL COUNTRY]

As you know Hodar, O3 is very unstable and wants to react with almost anything.
But,as y'all have noted, there's NO way for Freon to get up high enough to react with ozone. So why the fuss about it?

I learned this little gem of information from an AC systems man back around 1993:

Dupont was the inventor and patent holder for Freon. However, patent rights don't last forever, and Dupont's exclusive rights for the production of Freon expired in the 1980s. Once they did, many other chemical companies began making freon and, of course, the price fell dramatically.

At that time, some research studies were conducted to see if Freon posed any environmental threats. IN LABORATORIES, the researchers found that Freon readily reacted with O3! (Gee, what a surprise!)

The researchers then recommended to the EPA that Freon be banned because it posed a threat to our planet's UV defense layer. Fortunately, there was a newly invented substitute refrigerant available that could replace all the freon systems.

Guess who owns the patent for the new refrigerant!

Yep,
DUPONT

Ya wanna bet who funded the research??

This was a classic case of corporate market manipulation using the EPA. The Econuts swallowed hook, line, and sinker!!! LOL!

[B Knotts]

They also banned generic Albuterol inhalers for which the patents had long ago expired, in favor of patented HFA Albuterol inhalers.