Episode 6: Fluorinated Gases

Even though they are the most unknown Greenhouse Gases, Fluorinated Gases are the strongest greenhouse gases with warming capabilities thousands of times stronger than Carbon Dioxide. In this episode, I discuss what Fluorinated Gases are, where they come from, and how we can stop them from being emitted.

F-Gases:

https://www.epa.gov/ghgemissions/overview-greenhouse-gases

https://www.nrdc.org/stories/greenhouse-effect-101

https://ec.europa.eu/clima/policies/f-gas/legislation_en

HFCs:

https://www/ozone.unep.org/treaties/montreal-protocol

PFCs

https://www.metalsupermarkets.com/how-aluminum-is-made/

https://www.epa.gov/f-gas-partnership-programs/aluminum-industry

Sulfur Hexafluorides:

https://www.epa.gov/f-gas-partnership-programs/magnesium-industry

https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/earth-and-planetary-sciences/sulfur-hexafluoride

Semiconductors:

http://matse1.matse.illinois.edu/sc/ware.html

https://www.epa.gov/f-gas-partnership-programs/semiconductor-industry 

Electrical Power Equipment:

https://www.epa.gov/f-gas-partnership-programs/electric-power-systems-partnership 

Music:
“News Theme” by Kevin MacLeod licensed under CC BY. Edited to be shorter but content was not changed. 

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Link to Author’s Profile: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/artists/profile/9-kevin-macleod/

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