On one hand, this is true. On the other hand it’s not like refrigerants are anywhere close to the only source of explosive fumes in American houses. Even sticki

On one hand, this is true. On the other hand it’s not like refrigerants are anywhere close to the only source of explosive fumes in American houses. Even sticking to just propane, the propane chilled chest freezer in my garage is sitting right next to my spare cylinder of grilling propane, which is your standard beat to hell Home Depot exchange cylinder. If I had to guess what would leak propane into my house, my money is on the grilling cylinder, not my chest freezer. And that’s before we talk about natural gas lines, cars full of gasoline, and god knows what kind of nasty solvants are sitting on the typical garage work bench. Sure, we absolutely should take precautions when chilling things with propane. Some sort of smelling agent like we put into natural gas lines seems wise to me, but it’s not like it’s some sort of weird and new threat we’re introducing into our home; we use all kinds of explosive liquids and gases all the time already, often for burning and exploding!