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The price of 134A

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gbent

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What is driving the price of 134A? Last year I bought a couple af cases for about $4.00-$5.00 a can. Today I got sticker shock from the parts store at 14.00 a can, and they said 20# tanks were $300. Is this price jump permanent, or just a short term shortage? Anybody have any reasons?
 
I dimly recall a rumor that 134a will be phased out. Maybe it's speculation. Maybe it's just a free market responding in the usual way to government twiddling.



Mike Halloran
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DeAngelo Marine Exhaust Inc.
Ft. Lauderdale, FL, USA
 
The R134a phase out is not a rumor. There is an SAE committee working on replacements. The driving force seems to be Europe and the usual green suspects.
 
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