QUOTE:...""We all know there shouldn't be any EU laws. ""

No, we all know EU laws SHOULD be sensible, fair and logical! Setting industrial safety standards is a key area where there should be international legislation.

Edited by Sofa Spud on 10/07/2013 at 22:27

Mercedes engineers have shown that the new gas is highly flammable when used in their cars.

The original DT article has been edited to remove the statements from Mercedes that said in their realworld tests where the new gas was sprayed on a hot engine, as often happens in a road accident, the gas ignited, something that didnt happen with r134a.

I wonder why DT removed that bit?

Its a serious safety issue being blindly ignored by the EU eurocrats.

This one looks more interesting, as the eco-fiddlers have managed to get their latest bit of pet legislative trivia through before the safety nazis spotted the problem. I think we'll be needing a plentiful supply of popcorn while this plays out.

I'd forgotten when I posted yesterday that there's another take on this.

The airocn refrigerants are both patented to a large US based multi national chemical company. It has been alleged that, as the protections on R134 expire, the company is keen to get it replaced with the it's newly patented product.

To that end the company has been more than happy to play up the green credentials of the new product and might even have financed eco campaigns. They're not accepting the German results that cast doubt on the new product on grounds of flammability/toxicity.

As ever, follow the money.

Edited by Bromptonaut on 11/07/2013 at 11:27

The EU's done what it always does; bans things to keep themselves looking busy.

As far as I can work out, Earth survived to this point using the chemicals preferred by the Germans. The sky did not fall down.

It's like when they messed up the paint.