Cold Hard Facts and uncomfortable truths about Australia’s HFC phase-down

A line on page 38 of the fourth Cold Hard Facts report, commissioned by the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, sums up six years of lost opportunity: “The service usage for small MAC is significant and represents almost 19% of all HFCs consumed on RAC equipment in 2022.”

That year, 644.6 tonnes of R134a was sold in Australia according to an aftermarket supplier survey cited in Cold Hard Facts 4, of which 122.5 tonnes went to automotive service and repair.