Why are we so fast to get rid of R-22 freon when 410A is a green house gas.?

Question

None is this could be money motavated could it. Na

Answer 1

This is a classic example of the law of unintended consequences and also of why government mandates always create more problems than they solve.

Several years ago, the big thing in environmental circles was not global warming, but ozone layer depletion.  The science behind the theory that certain chloro-flouro hydocarbons were the main culprit was shaky at best, but was endorsed by many politicians.  So, these compounds, including R-22 were banned, and manufacture was halted by government fiat.  People still needed their air conditioners and other refrigeration devices, however, so new refrigerants, that were ozone safe, were developed.  Some of these proved to be really effective at traping infared radiation in the atmosphere, however.

It is always best to keep the government out of things.  What ever they do, it will always be a disaster.

Answer 2

The patent has expired on R-22 and anybody can make it without paying license fees.  The patent on R-12 is also expired so it was also replaced with a more profitable (albeit toxic) gas.  The net effect of replacing an efficient refrigerant with a less efficient refrigerant is MORE CO2 caused by the extra power needed for the same amount of cooling for the entire life of the refrigerating machinery.  People who fancy themselves 'environmentalists' are easily manipulated by big businesses in order to get profitable legislation passed no matter how bad it is for the actual environment.

Answer 3

Two reasons.

One is that CFCs affect the ozone layer in relatively small quantities.  In other words, things tend to be way more powerful in destroying the ozone layer than they are in creating global warming.  So the first priority is a chemical's ozone deleting effects.

Second, CFCs were regulated many years ago, before it was completely proven that global warming was such a serious threat.

Nice to see you accepting the reality that greenhouse gases cause global warming, though.

Answer 4

it causes ozone depletion.

Answer 5

Because there is such a small amount of coolant in your average fridge/air conditioner that its potential to contribute to the greenhouse effect if released is small.  The same as driving several miles in a car.

R-22 depletes the ozone layer.  410A doesn't.  No ozone layer = people dying from skin cancer.