Flair Air Conditioning's 40th Anniversary Special     (click here for more about this special)                              $1200 Trane Rebate     (click here for more about this special)                              $1325 Instant Cool Cash     (click here for more about this special)                         Flair 2008 News Letter 2010 A Major Milestone      2010 will be the next major milestone for the air-conditioning industry. Manufacturers of air conditioning equipment will no longer be able to produce equipment that uses R-22 refrigerant starting January 1, 2010. R-22 which is classified as a HCFC refrigerant has ozone depleting ingredients in it. These ingredients have the ability to deplete the stratosphere ozone which shields the earth from radiation. Over exposure to UV radiation can cause skin cancer, cataracts, and weakening of the immune system. Per the Clean Air Act which was created in response to the Montreal Protocol, the use of ozone depleting refrigerants can no longer be used in refrigeration or air conditioning equipment manufactured as of January 1, 2010.       What does this mean to the consumer?       Major air conditioning manufacturers are converting their equipment to use the ozone friendly R-410 also known as puron. More equipment lines are being converted each quarter and I estimate around September 2009 most of the manufacturers equipment lines will be fully converted to R-410.       R-22 refrigerant will still be available for servicing existing equipment, but its production will be capped at a 75% reduction in 2010 as compared to how much refrigerant was manufactured in 1989 the base year. In 2015 a 90% reduction will take effect and by 2020 a 99.5% reduction and complete reduction by 2030. These reductions currently apply to developed countries.       Any refrigerant that has previously been recovered, recycled or reclaimed can be used forever with no caps on it.       As we replace existing R-22 equipment we recover the freon and ship it back to our distributor. If your current system needs replacement we would recommend you consider one of the units that use the ozone friendly R-410.       Rest assure that there should be enough R-22 available for servicing existing equipment, but as time goes on and with the reduction cap in manufacturing of R-22 we see a supply and demand situation where the current price of R-22 will go up. Continue to Page 2
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