…especially when it could cause loss in sales.

As I reported back on July 4th, it had been reported that the manufacturers of flat panel TVs used a compound called Nitrogen Trifluoride which was found to be 17x more harmful to the ozone layer than carbone dioxide.

Now, the Linde Group, the main manufacturer of LCD panels for popular brands, has said that they will start using Fluorine which is much less harmful than Nitrogen Trifluoride. I hope their motivation wasn’t only a potential loss of sales (which I doubt since most people probably didn’t read any of these articles), but merely a way to make up for the harmful chemicals they have been using.

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…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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