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Are LCD TVs Worse Than Coal Plants?

Posted from EcoGeek.org 50 days ago
Organomic : Technology and Energy

As they say on TV, “Coming up next: Why TVs are hazardous to the environment.” Just when you think we are getting a handle on emissions issues…Plasma and LCD flat screen televisions are contributing to global warming, a new study has found. A gas used in the manufacturing of flat screen TVs called nitrogen trifluoride (NF3) is estimated to be 17,000 times more powerful than C02. The production of the gas is equivalent to 67m tones of carbon dioxide. In a study published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters, Michael Prather, director of the environment institute at th...