Greenhouse gas reg.While attention was focused last week on the state's 12-year plan to meet the requirements of the landmark greenhouse gas greenhouse gas n. Any of the atmospheric gases that contribute to the greenhouse effect. greenhouse gas reduction law passed in 2006, the state Air Resources Board actually passed a regulation dealing with one small part of the greenhouse gas problem: emissions from those air canisters used to clean off computer keyboards and cameras. The regulation requires manufacturers of these canisters to phase out by the end of 2009 the use of the fluorocarbon fluorocarbon /flu·o·ro·car·bon/ (floor´o-kahr?b?n) any of the class of organic compounds consisting of carbon and fluorine only. chemical HFC-134a, which has much more heat-trapping potential than carbon dioxide carbon dioxide, chemical compound, CO2, a colorless, odorless, tasteless gas that is about one and one-half times as dense as air under ordinary conditions of temperature and pressure. , as the main propellant pro·pel·lant also pro·pel·lent n. 1. Something, such as an explosive charge or a rocket fuel, that propels or provides thrust. 2. for the air in the canister. The alternative chemical used would be difluoroethane (HFC-152a). Air Resources Board chair Mary Nichols said that besides reducing the amount of the highly damaging fluorocarbon, switching to difluoroethane would also reduce low-level ozone formation, a key ingredient of smog. Staff reporter Howard Fine Howard Fine (November 28, 1958) is an American acting teacher, the founder of the Howard Fine Acting Studio in Hollywood, CA, and also a theatre director. Early Life Howard Fine was born on November 28, 1958 in Providence, Rhode Island. He is the youngest of 5 children. can be reached at hfine@labusinessjournal.com or at (323) 549-5225, ext. 227. |
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