John Smith wrote on Jul 15
th, 2013 at 11:10pm:
Grendel wrote on Jul 15
th, 2013 at 8:06pm:
Not only do companies pay for the carbon tax many pay for the up to 400% increase in refrigerant costs.
How often do you, or anyone else for that matter, re- gas your fridge ?
You goose John best you just snipe from the sidelines eh... your ignorance is showing... all refrigeration including transport vehicles and stores like woolies and coles etc use it duh!!!
Oh and John your car air-con is affected too
Try and think for a moment just how many industries use it on a daily basis around the clock.... any with perishables you dummy.
oh dear... and yes refilling of gases and replacement of gases can occur at least on a yearly or quaterly basis depending on the usage. BTW it is very expensive now that it at least 4 times the cost.
Quote:With refrigerant gas wholesale price increased up to 400% since July 1st, 2012, a typical gas leak in a commercial installation can run into tens of thousands of dollars.
Quote:The director of a large Victorian refrigeration company says speculation surrounding the impact of the carbon tax is crippling the industry.
John Beninato's business services 70 food manufacturers and cold storage sites across the state, including the Melbourne fish markets.
Mr Beninato says the impact of the tax has forced industrial refrigerator gas prices up by more than 400 per cent.
Quote:“Freighters have advised customers that they will be passing on a carbon tax surcharge. The price of refrigerant gases have gone up by 400 per cent in some cases. These increases must be factored in by all businesses that use electricity, require refrigeration or sell goods that need transportation. This cost is then passed on to customers who buy milk, bread, fruit, vegetables and meat.”
Quote:With the July 1 introduction of the carbon price, a number of periphery issues have come to light. One such issue is refrigerant gases - where suddenly companies with large cooling bills face price hikes of up to 400% on refrigerants.
Quote:The increased price of refrigerants due to the Carbon Tax could be putting lives at risk.
The refrigerant industry has warned that the higher prices of traditional refrigerants which have increased by up to 400 per cent due to the Carbon Tax are tempting people to swap to other gases which are highly explosive but are a fraction of the cost.
Refrigerants Australia wrote to Minister Greg Combet in June warning of the risk:
“A most recent example of the consequences of substituting hydrocarbon refrigerants for non-flammable refrigerants occurred at Tamahere in New Zealand in April 2008, where a coolstore was retrofitted with a flammable hydrocarbon refrigerant.
An annual bill of say $10,000 suddenly becomes $40,000 for a business like a Coles store for instance, that means a manager suddenly puts off a whole load of casual staff previously dependent on their wage.
I've seen it happen
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