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Los Angeles (CA) – A University of California scientist says our love of large television sets could be destroying our environment. Michael Prather claims nitrogen trifluoride (NF3) gas used in the production of plasma and LCD televisions could be more than 17000 times as powerful as carbon dioxide in heating the atmosphere. The gas is not covered by the Kyoto Treaty and Prather says 4000 tons were produced in 2008 – which according to Prather’s calculations is equivalent to 68 million tons of CO2. Prather adds that NF3 gas production is expected to double next year.
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