Big year coming up on us real soon.
There will be some particularly large decisions to make.
Far, far too much information will flood our brain in making some of those critical decisions. Not all of the decisions to be made revolve around politics. December 1, 2020 will be the first morning that it is illegal to produce R 22 refrigerant or sometimes called Freon. This stuff has proven to be better than the stuff from way back decades ago. But, it is still harmful to the environment plus there are much better alternatives out there. The Heating as well as A/C industry has be preparing for this eventuality for some time now. Both commercial plus residential Heating as well as A/C systems have not been manufactured using R 22 for at least the last 5 years. In most cases, it has been closer to a decade since R 22 was used. However, there are still quite a few heating plus cooling systems which use this style of refrigerant. Those who own the older heating plus cooling using the R 22 Freon will have an pressing decision to make. I am 1 of those people. Our heat pump is just over 20 years old. It still works however not well. We’ve been on borrowed time for quite a while. I can either update the Heating as well as A/C as it desperately needs. Or, I can stockpile R 22 now because it’s going to get particularly fancy in the coming weeks. It absolutely seems care about a no brainer to me. I ran the numbers to find that the energy savings alone on a new Heating as well as A/C will absolutely soften the blow from the initial cost outlay. And I’d be doing our part for the environment.