Global Warming caused by Plasma Screen TVs?
July 3rd, 2008 by Scott Marks
Global Warming: Coming soon from a TV set near you.
Remember when your parents told you not to sit too close to your new 25″ Zenith color TV for fear of radioactive contamination? You ain’t seen nothing yet! A gas used in the making of flat screen televisions is being blamed for damaging the atmosphere and accelerating global warming. Nitrogen trifluoride (NF3) is estimated to be 17,000 times as powerful as carbon dioxide.
ABC News reports that NF3 is not covered by the Kyoto protocol as it was only produced in tiny amounts when the treaty was signed in 1997.
Levels of this gas in the atmosphere have not been measured, but scientists say it is a concern and are calling for it to be included in any future emissions cutting agreement.
Professor Michael Prather from the University of California has highlighted the issue in an article for the magazine New Scientist.
“One of my titles for this paper was Going Below Kyoto’s Radar. It’s the kind of gas that’s made in huge amounts,” he said.
“Not only is it not in the Kyoto Treaty but you don’t even have to report it. That’s the part that worries me.”
He estimates 4,000 tons of NF3 will be produced in 2008 and that number is likely to double next year.
Almost half of the televisions sold around the globe so far this year have been plasma or LCD TVs.
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