…at least to the environment.

The process of creating flat panel displays uses a compound called Nitrogen Triflouride (NF3) used in LCD TVs on the shelves today. TV manufacturers tout how eco-friendly LCD TVs are than the standard cathode ray tube TVs due to the lower power consumption, but what they don’t tell you is how unhealthy the creation of these power miser sets actually is.

If everyone can remember back to chemistry class, you all know that carbon dioxide is the main compound everyone talks about that contributes to the greenhouse effect, and thus global warming. To give you an idea how bad Nitrogen Trifluoride is to the environment, it is 17,200 times better at trapping heat in the atmosphere, thereby making global warming that much worse.

Let’s hope new technologies come out sooner so that possibly flat panel displays can be healthier for our environment!

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