An article in the Indoor Comfort News states; On Jan. 4th the U.S. E.P.A. published a proposed rule titled " Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: The reductions being proposed by the EPA are significant-ranging from 11% to 47% per year over the period 2012-2014. And , these proposed reductions are in addition to the 10% annual reductions already built into the 2009 rule.
So there it is that is why R-22 is going up so high in price. I'm sure if you want more info. on this you can go to the EPA web site.
