CNN. July 5, 2000. Web posted at: 5:13 a.m. EDT (0913 GMT

HAVANA, Cuba (CNN) -- Cubans are famous for their extraordinary ingenuity in keeping pre-revolutionary vintage cars running. The talent, though, is not confined to automobiles.

Cuban authorities calculate there are at least 500,000 old refrigerators still in use. The problem with them all is that they consume four times more energy than modern refrigerators, and they use freon gas, which is damaging the Earth's ozone layer.

That's why authorities here have announced a plan to retire the old refrigerators.

CNN Havana Bureau Chief Lucia Newman went visiting some Havana kitchens to get the story of the fossil fridges.

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