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BUSINESS & POLICY CLIMATE
Question: How is the Business & Policy Climate evolving in your country for the following refrigerants:
… average values, by refrigerant
…individual choices, by business & policy climate
3.0
2.5
2.96
2.99
2.71
2.56
60%
58,1%
55,1%
NR overall
Ammonia
2.0
40%
47,5%
38,7%
39,8%
CO 2
Hydrocarbons
1.5
30,8%
1.0
20%
23,1%
19,9% 19,9% 19,0%
0.5
0
15,0%
13,0%
8,6%
6,7%
2,1% 2,8%
0%
NR overall CO 2
Ammonia Hydrocarbons very favorable rather favorable rather negative very negative
98
78% SEE FAVORABLE BUSINESS CLIMATE FOR
NATURAL REFRIGERANTS
With a value of 2.99 out of 4.0, the current business & policy
climate seemed to be most positive for the refrigerant
CO 2
. Across all natural refrigerants, respondents felt
developments were “rather favorable” (2.96). Most
individual responses fall into the “rather favorable”
category. Only for the group of hydrocarbon refrigerants
was the “rather negative” option selected the most often
(40% of all responses), supporting the assumption that
unsolved issues regarding uniform standards and limited
application potential were affecting the HC industry.
48% THINK CURRENT CONDITIONS FOR
HYDROCARBONS ARE DETRIMENTAL
For the individual responses per category, 78% of
respondents thought the business & policy climate for CO 2
was either “very favorable” or “rather favorable”, compared
to 63% for ammonia, and 52% for hydrocarbons. At the
other end of the spectrum, the agreement of respondents
with the “rather negative” or “very negative” option was
especially high for hydrocarbons, with 48% thinking that
the current situation was unsatisfactory. Among “Non-
NR” respondents, fewer believed that conditions were
favorable. In fact, 65% of those not using NR believed
that situation was “very favorable” or “rather favorable”
(average rating: 2.8).
Total responses: 432