Joe Nicholson wrote in a message to Roy J. Tellason:

 -=> Quoting Roy J. Tellason to Jasen Betts <=-

 > One story I heard was that the reason the government _here_ went
 > about making the stuff not the way to go any more was because of
 > the patent had expired.

 JN>  The eco-freaks had the EPA ban it because of the "hole in the sky"
 JN> theory.  Some is available in Mexico (though that country is now 
 JN> kissing A$$ with the US EPA).  People near the border are zipping 
 JN> south for their A/C refills.

That's an interesting idea...   Of course,  if I was gonna do that I'd have
to make sure that the leaks got fixed first,  or why bother?

It also struck me a while back that even though this 1990 car I'm driving
is the newest thing I've ever owned,  it still uses the old stuff.  I guess
a trip south from here would be a bit much,  so if it has problems I'll
probably end up going the route of the retrofit kit.  If I'm still driving
that car by then...  

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