Re:The Great Cannon has been deployed again
by upofadown on Saturday December 07, 2019 @06:41AM
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It doesn't actually accumulate in any particular area. There was a study done at at an airport that showed no particular accumulation at the airport. Leaded gas ends up poisoning the whole world a bit.
This "dilution is the solution to pollution" argument is the excuse the FAA uses for forcing everyone to use leaded avgas. This should be more of a scandal. The FAA is basically helping maintain a harmful oil company monopoly at the expense of the world.
This is not just about recreational aircraft. For example, 45% of the Canadian commercial fleet is piston engine based. Incidentally, Canada was involved in a test program with the FAA for leaded fuel replacements. The FAA recently dropped out of that program.
This "dilution is the solution to pollution" argument is the excuse the FAA uses for forcing everyone to use leaded avgas. This should be more of a scandal. The FAA is basically helping maintain a harmful oil company monopoly at the expense of the world.
This is not just about recreational aircraft. For example, 45% of the Canadian commercial fleet is piston engine based. Incidentally, Canada was involved in a test program with the FAA for leaded fuel replacements. The FAA recently dropped out of that program.