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hi my name is ray austin with austin air company today's topic is going to be new air conditioning freon phase down part one uh there was recently some amendments made to montreal protocol and so because joe biden has recently become president of the united states these regulations are likely to take form and pass down to the epa so what's going to happen is is the the very common refrigerant that's in air conditioners is going to be phased out now there was a recently a phase out of r22 freon here about 10 years ago our 22 is still used in some air conditioners today and i'm able to repair our 22 freon units as a repair option only so you know but if you know if if that piece of equipment needs to be replaced then you have to go back with the r410 well the r410 now is in the sights of the epa as being phased out this topic is going to be difficult it's going to affect everyone in the united states in one way shape or form you've got to take a few things into consideration what i would recommend for my climate may not be suitable for other climates i'm i live in the katy texas area i service the katy texas areas and some surrounding areas and what's unique to my climate is that it's a very hot climate uh just as an example uh it's currently like january 24th 25th 26th during the filming of this episode that's eventually going to be posted to youtube so i recently ran my air conditioning in the evening to just you know get rid of the humidity and so you've got to realize that my climate is is unique in that air conditioning is very important to this climate you know we run our air conditioners probably upwards of 10 months of the year most years and so it's a complicated subject and so that's why i'm going to break these down into parts i'm i've got an estimate of maybe 25 to 30 minutes in length for this first video um i've got this article that touches on a lot of points and so rather than just randomly talking about this that the next thing i felt that it was a better way to you know better way for approaching this is talk about an article and i will link a to where if you want to read because i've made some changes to the article clarified a few things and so if you want to read that article you can there's going to be a link down in the description of this video to where you can go there and you can read the document for yourself and so with that said i'm going to get started we're going to go right into it stay tuned so the the name the name to this article is going to be different than the then the video topic because that video topic is going to stay the same through all parts and so but then there's going to be different things that i talk about so the name of this article is called u.s push to phase down global warming inducing refrigerants blocked by trump administration moves to the states so when we think about climate change we usually think about reducing carbon dioxide co2 emissions but other gases also contribute to the problem hydrofluorocarbon hfc refrigerants which is the refrigerant that we're now using r410a is an hfc refrigerant the previous one was an hcfc refrigerant known as r22 freon just so you just for some clarification the chemicals we use in our air conditioning and refrigeration systems we used to call them freon well we still call them freon today are also major climate change contributors indeed refrigerant emissions are rising so rapidly that they threatened to undermine the progress made to mitigate co2 emissions the obama administration recognized the potential climate threat posed by hfcs and advanced several policies to phase down their use since donald trump's election win in 2016 remember this was 2016. it's now 2021 joe biden's president but this article was written before joe biden became president the administration and its allies blocked those policies either actively or through malign neglect meaning the trump administration just ignored them in response state governments are stepping up to advance the hfc phase down now remember hfc is the newer refrigerant that we've been using for about the past 20 years those efforts appear to be progressing even in the face of the covet 19 pandemic the domestic air conditioning industry is struggling to manage this expansion of government-induced regulations those struggles could well turn into delays for the general public should manufacturers have insufficient time to produce the new refrigerants in equipment the new regulations will require the industry is imploring the federal government to impose nationwide standards but so far those pleas have gone unheeded hfcs go to problem solver to problem causer the great irony of the hfc emissions problem is that these refrigerants were originally introduced as a solution to a pressing environmental problem ozone depletion caused by widespread chlorofluorocarbon cfc refrigerant use now one thing to remember is that r22 was an hcfc it's similar to cfc but it's not as bad uh currently we can still repair home air conditioning units that that that contain our 22 freon just realize that cost is driving these phase outs you know because the cost of refrigerant keeps going up the most striking manifestation of this problem is the ozone hole over antarctica over 30 years ago the the montreal protocol set a schedule to phase out cfcs as well as hcfcs it was signed by nearly all the world's countries and for the most part it worked the global air conditioning and refrigeration industries now largely use hfcs instead of cfcs and hcfcs and the ozone hole is healing the protocol story would have an unqualified happy ending except that pound-for-pound hfcs are thousands of times more potent contributors to global warming than co2 otherwise known as carbon dioxide also their emissions are growing rapidly mostly due to leaks from air conditioners and refrigeration equipment according to the united nations environmental program if global hfc emissions continue to grow at their current rate by the year 2050 they will have the same climate change impact as between 7 to 45 percent of that year's global co2 emissions the actual portion will depend in part on the world's ability to curtail co2 emissions by then we could succeed at driving down co2 emissions but see that success undermined by hfc emissions growth the obama administration takes action responding to the threat posed by hfc admissions the obama administration advanced two policies in october 2016 it joined with almost two other countries to sign an amendment to the montreal protocol now you know scale back to like 1990 1991 was when the montreal protocol became into being and that's what phased out the cfcs and the hfc refrigerants of that time period and so you got to realize that montreal protocol has been amended several times so that's essentially what this was doing it was going to amend the montreal protocol to include hfc refrigerants as another you know global warming contributing but it's not on the same page as cfcs and hcfcs because those were ozone depleting it's just to give you some clarification there so that amendment phases down the production and consumption of refrigerants that have high potential to contribute to climate change and nearly but not entirely eliminates them the kigali amendment named for the rwandan capital in which it was signed doesn't directly regulate hfcs instead it seeks to reduce the potential that all of the refrigerants produce and use combined have to warm the atmosphere the amendment calls for countries to phase down climate warming refrigerants in distinct steps with different schedules for richer and poorer countries for rich countries like the us those steps start with a small reduction in 2019 and end up in 2036 with overall refrigerant climate change impact reduced by 85 percent from where it was in the early 20 teens with the amendment to the montreal protocol in mind the u.s environmental protection agency epa published new rules a significant new alternative policy acronym snap 20 snap 21 and so these rules share a similar goal with the kigali amendment reduce refrigerant contribution to climate change but they take a very different approach unlike the amendment the epa snap rules ban specific refrigerants in specific types of equipment for example they disallow the use of the most common hfc refrigerants and chillers chillers are equipment that chills water that is typically used to cool large office buildings and factories and in some situations schools starting on january 1st 2024 that disallows applies only to chillers manufactured on or after that date and already installed equipment wouldn't be affected the ap the epa rules also ban the use of other hfc refrigerators used in equipment found in cold storage warehouses supermarkets and household refrigerators and freezers the domestic refrigerant and air conditioning equipment manufacturers immediately supported the kigali amendment and the new epa snap rules now why do you think why do you think the manufacturers are eager they're eager to jump on this because they got the ability to sell new equipment now oh well we're sorry we can't we can't uh repair your unit anymore because that refrigerant was banned you need to go out and buy some more new equipment so you see where this is heading most of the other rich countries that signed the kigali amendment quickly codified it into law hey manufacturers are on it hey we'll all jump on it all that was needed for the phase down to proceed in an orderly manner in the u.s was for the senate to ratify the amendment what one administration can do another can undo so far there's been no senate ratification vote and there is unlikely to be one as long as president trump is in office now remember as i said before trump is not in law office any longer joe biden is the president of the united states this article was written before then this is so it gives you some context so you understand why this is happening in 2018 the competitive enterprise institute a conservative think tank wrote an open letter to then president donald j trump co-signed by nearly two dozen other conservative groups urging donald j trump to reject this amendment now why do you think it's there in black and white the letter writers declared the kigali amendment would not advance the purpose of the montreal protocol now the purpose of the montreal protocol was to phase out ozone-destroying substances that's what the purpose was but would instead turn a treaty aimed at saving the ozone layer into a global warming treaty with those words the leaders of the conservative movement drew a line in the ever-warming sand that the trump administration and its allies in the senate are unlikely to cross that was then this is now joe biden is the president of the united states obama-era hfc regulation took another body blow in august 2017 when the u.s appeals court for the district of columbia ruled that congress was only granted the epa authority to regulate ozone depleting refrigerants not global warming inducing refrigerants the decision authored by none other than brett kavanaugh a year before his elevation to the u.s supreme court somehow ignored a nasa study released two years earlier that concluded that hfcs actually do deplete the ozone layer but there's some irony there because if you go to the epa website and i'll post the proof in this video i'll put up a graphic to show you the epa says r410 is safe against the ozone layer so with that said it also noted that depletion is much smaller than that associated with cfcs and hfcs they replaced but it is not zero well the thing is you got to realize we're still using r22 refrigerants to repair older equipment so how are you going to ascertain whether this this substance is coming from older air conditioners that are still out there in existence or whether this is the new refrigerant there there's no way for them to know you know in my in my opinion ultimately based on kavanaugh's opinion nearly all of the epa's rules for disallowing hfcs were vacated that was then this is now ironically there is a lack of this information on the epa's website they claim hfcs to be ozone layer friendly if it walks like a duck quacks like a duck well or if you prefer liar liar pants on fire come on man some choice states step up to pass their own hfc regulations when it became apparent that new year's day 2019 the scheduled start date for the reductions mandated by the kigali amendment was going to pass without the federal government taking action state governors began to step up first in september 2018 california governor jerry brown signed into law the california cooling act which was principally based on the epa rules the u.s appeals court had vacated snap 20 and snap 21. washington vermont and new jersey followed soon afterwards and more states jumped on the bandwagon currently four states have enacted regulations based on the epa snap rules three more are close but delayed by the pandemic and eight more are at some point in the legislative development process many of these states are not letting the pandemic slow them down for example colorado is holding hearings as planned regarding its proposed regulation eliminating a dominant category of refrigerants and replacing it with new climate friendly climate friendly now r410a was deemed climate friendly and now all of a sudden it's no longer not climate friendly how ironic eliminating a dominant category of refrigerant and replacing it with new climate-friendly alternatives including new equipment designed to use those alternatives represents a major technological change a sane person would say but i thought r410a was climate friendly that was then 20 years ago this is now ideally a nation wouldn't make such a change on a state-by-state basis for example it puts a lot of stress on refrigerant and equipment manufacturers who are seeing their domestic market break down into at least two sub-markets states that adopt the epa snap rules and all the other states furthermore the states adopting the epa snap rules are not doing so completely uniformly there are a few subtle differences between some of the new state regulations guess what the manufacturers aren't going to play that game they're going to make the equipment they're going to make and they're going to apply it to everybody because it's too costly to do it any other way so essentially even if trump wouldn't have been re-elected about the only way they could have stopped it is sue all these other states so you know where it goes no one knows at this point but you know with the biden administration everything's going to progress right along you know this is back page news i mean you're not gonna you're not gonna see or hear this until it's already been done uh that domestic market confusion makes things difficult for manufacturers and distributors what sorts of air conditioning and refrigeration systems should they be developing testing manufacturing and shipping to market no one knows which refrigerants should those systems contain no one knows it's not a matter of just taking a system and charging it up with whatever refrigerant a given state requires on a given day lots of new climate friendly refrigerants require specialized equipment designs and manufacturers typically need years to design test and train contractors for new products the industry's problems could eventually become problems for the general population that means you it's your problem not my problem it's your problem you want to know why you voted for it with so much uncertainty the risk rose that building managers and builders in some states will encounter much longer than usual weights to get new equipment installed or replaced that spells trouble for a state like texas that really depends on air conditioning so the hvac industry demands federal action given all the uncertainties state by state refrigeration regulation represents for refrigerant and air conditioning manufacturers it's not surprising they're looking to the federal government to impose nationwide regulations according to a recent message from stephen urich the president and ceo of the air conditioning heating and refrigeration institute uh commonly used with an acronym as ahra they typically test and rate efficiency of air conditioning systems in various configurations of such and apply the ratings of the efficiency to those configurations so the he he basically goes on to say the hvac industry needs congressional action on hfcs now more than ever there's currently a bipartisan bill up for consideration in the u.s congress the american innovation and manufacturing act otherwise known as the aim act which would codify parts of the kigali amendment into u.s law with the pandemic and the election distracting legislators and trump still in the white house remember this was back when trump was president he's not president right now this article was written before joe biden became president when will the federal government take action and impose nationwide rules joe biden's president it's coming it's coming wait for it hsc regulations aren't the only climate change mitigation policies to fall by the wayside during the trump years other examples include the paris agreement and automobile fuel economy standards it's going to come down to the voters this november it has they voted joe biden as president to decide whether or not the next federal government supports a wide variety of climate policies including the hfc phase down which is r410a r410a is a part of it there's many others that are included in that the u.s climate alliance provides support to state governors advancing climate change mitigation policies governors from 24 states are members so far four have implemented hfc regulations and another 11 are considering proposed regulations i will post a graphic of the map of the states of the governors that have that have taken matters into their own hands at the state level so what say you what do you what do you think uh what do you think about all this how is it going to affect you leave your opinion in the comments section below remember this is a family channel please keep it clean there is no reason to act like two-year-olds even if the us government does this there's no reason to act like kids you know we can talk as grown-ups share this video in the very soon future this topic is going to be hot tempers are going to flare blood is going to boil it's a given thank you for watching the video i really appreciate it share this video with your friends and family and get the word out there because you know this is going to be a topic for the ages you know because there's been a number of changeouts already to r410a and so they're going to say what do you mean our 410a is phased out you said this this refrigerant was environmentally friendly what do you mean it's it's no longer available and you got to realize that in the next part i'm going to discuss potential uh disruptions my name is ray austin i own and operate austin air company a small hvac company located in katy texas service katy texas and some surrounding areas if you have a need for air conditioning and you live in the katy texas area you can call me at 832-475-6895 if you need some more information you can always visit me on my main website at www.austinerico.com thank you have a great day bye the manufacturers why the uk line want to buy another new air conditioner you