Baron von Masoch was European.

We are not. Not sure where this myth comes from.

>Yet even as the continent continues to face rising temperatures, it's unlikely to become widespread—especially as the E.U. looks to phase out hydrofluorocarbons, a polluting cooling agent commonly found in A.C. units, by 2050.

Propane is a better refrigerant all the way.

> especially as the E.U. looks to phase out hydrofluorocarbons, a polluting cooling agent commonly found in A.C. units, by 2050.

The US is doing similar with phasing out R-410A, many of the replacements have the same properties the EU is pushing for (lower GWP)