its a $33,000 dollar fine or $165,000 if u have a buisness and arctic
services who control this travel forums and other sites looking for this type of
stuff.if its r134a gas u are realeasing takes 15years to realease from the
atmosphere if its an older system and takes r12 (pre 1993) the gas hangs around
for 100 years which is why they no longer use it,also if it is a r12 system u
will not be able to refit it later down the track u will have to have it retro
fitted.if u get sumone out just to recover the gas theres a good chance they
wont charge u for it cause they will get $3-$5 dollars per kg they recover.the oil in the system is hygroscopic and will give u freeze burns (frost bite)if it contacts ur skin as it absorbs heat if its a mineral oil.just a heads up