It does not mean that. Not only are most of the parts in your older system not affected by the ban on the import or manufacture of R22 (we can get parts for 30 year old equipment), but there is still R22 available. The vendors stocked up on R22 prior to the ban going into effect so there is still considerable amounts of R22 available with them. Contractors are also encouraged to recover the refrigerant from older systems. Many of the local parts houses are actually offering us money to sell old R22 back to them so that they can “reclaim” it and sell it back to us as new refrigerant.