AIM Act / Clean Agent Phase-Out with John Demeter

TIMELINE:

Intro (:01)
Coming Up in 2022 (1:32)
CONTEST: Inspect Point's Ugly Sweaters & Ugly Deficiencies (1:40)
Hello John and Drew Sets This Episode's Agenda (2:11)
Meet WESCO (3:50)
Born & Raised in Fire Protection (6:57)
Family Portable Fire Extinguisher Biz Sold to Kidde (7:25)
From a Parts Business to an Importing and Recycling Company (8:19)
President of the FSSA & Involved in NAFED (9:32)
Did Todd Stevens Cause COVID?  (10:40)
What is AIM, What Are Clean Agents, and Where Are They Used? (11:56)
Halon 1301 is a Depleting Ozone Agent (13:00)
Treaty Banning Production of Ozone Depleting Agents (13:29)
Recycled Halon (14:20)
Replacing Halon (15:04)
3M & NOVEC (5:31)
Some Agents Aren't Ozone Depleting But Add to Climate Change (16:31)
Phasing Out HFCs (17:00)
American Innovation in Manufacturing and Competitiveness Act (AMAC)  (17:32)
A Phasing Down  (18:00)
There's Always Sand & Water (18:34)
NOVEC vs. FM200 (18:49)
Dupont Says... (19:03)
AIM Is the Law (19:36)
An 85% Decrease of HFCs Over 15 Years (20:23)
HFC Allocation (21:24)
Allocations Are Based on Global Warming Index (22:07)
Fire Suppression Agents Have Some of the Highest Global Warming Percentages (23:17)
Hard For Manufacturers to Know Cost and Availability of HFCs  (25:08)
Recent Manufacturer Announcements: December 2021! (25:45)
Sustainability For HFCs is a Huge Issue (27:00)
If HFC System Goes Off, It Is Reportable (29:05)
HFC is in Hospice (31:00)
The Halon Country Club (32:02)
Industries Have Their Allocations (34:00)
Drew Uses Bear Spray? (34:42)
Is the Special Hazard Industry Growing or Shrinking? (37:25)
Hospice Theory (40:15)
HCFC Was Controlled Before HFC Was (40:45)
New Streaming Agent in Aviation (43:56)
BTP in All-New Planes (45:00)
Touching on Foam (45:30)
Lithium-Ion Battery Fires (46:54)
Nothing Puts Them Out: Get People Out & Let It Burn (48:50)
Will You See John or Drew in a Tesla? (49:25)
Quick Response Round (52:25)
Cars: 60s Shelby Cobra or Late 60s Corvette? (52:40)
Friends & Family: To Tesla or Not To Tesla? (53:15)
Craziest Installation: Use or Location (54:25)
Craziest Deficiency - Like Inspect Point's Contest! (55:40)
Biggest Issues in Our Industry? (56:56)
Promote and Help Tech Schools (59:10)
Lithium-Ion Battery Fires (1:00:26)
Fire Protection Manufacturers and R&D (1:01:15)
Innovation is on the Software Side (1:03:17)
North or South Jersey? (1:03:39)
Where the Parkway Crosses the Turnpike (1:04:10)
John Mackey & the Pizza Battle (1:05:20)
Where Did You Live in NYC? (1:06:43)
Wrap Up (1:07:40)
Drew's Outro (1:08:20)