Arkansas HVACR NewsMagazine September 2023

HVACR NewsMagazine September 2023

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Ethics and Air Flow

A great deal of financial resources are headed the direction of HVAC industry with the Inflation Reduction Act. Rather than taking time to explain how to get a share of the pie, let’s examine the impact of taking on funding, without understanding the politics, science, and liability, behind the funding. Political- We have seen a political push to move away from carbon. Few would disagree, we must be responsible stewards of the planet we live upon. Everywhere we go, everywhere we exist, we leave trails of destruction and trash. That fact is inevitable. How we limit destruction, manage trash, and allow reclamation are the foundation that make the planet sustainable. If you believe some of the claims that spur the move in the first place, we simply will run out of time to convert. But before we embrace the race to remove carbon, remember, life’s basic building blocks, are of carbon origin. Here are some predictions that are a decade or more overdue. 1969: Worldwide Plague, Overwhelming Pollution, Ecological Catastrophe, Virtual Collapse of UK by End of 20th Century 1970: Oceans Dead in a Decade, US Water Rationing by 1974, Food Rationing by 1980 1972: Pending Depletion and Shortages of Gold, Tin, Oil, Natural Gas, Copper, Aluminum 1975: The Cooling World and a Drastic Decline in Food Production 1988 : World’s Leading Climate Expert Predicts Lower Manhattan Underwater by 2018

1989: UN Warns Entire Nations Wiped Off the Face of the Earth by 2000 From Global Warming 2000: Snowfalls Are Now a Thing of the Past 2005: Fifty Million Climate Refugees by the Year 2020 2011: Washington Post Predicted Cherry Blossoms Blooming in Winter

In an idealistic world, electrification does make sense to a point. Multiple fuels, generating a single power source to end users. However, 2023 provides barriers that prohibit a relatively quick change. First and foremost, electrical utility infrastructure, is dated and strained. Everyone agrees an updated infrastructure is necessary, however billions of dollars and decades of time are required to complete the updates. Science- The science for electrification is not what might appear at face value. Laws of physics limit energy transfer, making it costly.