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I just looked it up and…

SF6 has 23,500 times greater global warming potential (GWP) than CO2 as a greenhouse gas (over a 100-year time-frame) but exists in relatively minor concentrations in the atmosphere. Its concentration in Earth’s troposphere reached 11.50 parts per trillion (ppt) in October 2023, rising at 0.37 ppt/year.[8] The increase since 1980 is driven in large part by the expanding electric power sector, including fugitive emissions from banks of SF6 gas contained in its medium- and high-voltage switchgear. Uses in magnesium, aluminium, and electronics manufacturing also hastened atmospheric growth.[9] The 1997 Kyoto Protocol, which came into force in 2005, is supposed to limit emissions of this gas. In a somewhat nebulous way it has been included as part of the carbon emission trading scheme. In some countries this has led to the defunction of entire industries.[10]

Umm wtf? Why are we selling this stuff in compressed air cans ? Even methane is “only” 30x more potent than CO2 .

Because that’s the cooling system required to run the thing. It requires more toxic coolant, that will eventually end up in the ocean, than several hundred supercomputer megaclusters and sucks more power than a thousand suburbs.

Congrats on getting upvotes for this utter bullshit, none of which is substantiated in the article you linked.

Edit- this was at +15 when I first saw it.

I’m pretty sure I saw this in a 1988 reader’s digest in my dentist’s waiting room while sitting there in 1998.

sir this is a Wendy’s drive through

Seriously. Where can I get that shampoo that just pure hog fat?

IT BELONGS IN A MUSEUM

This guy eats a sandwich with a facial expression that indicates that he plans to beat his Butler for making it wrong.

Damn he almost had a shot to gain votes there but then he blew it.

After watching it…I don’t think you so .

Of course, who cares about some goofy french people? Collapse of the roman empire is a totally different story though.