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Re:FAA approves unleaded fuel for piston fleet by doliveira on Friday September 02, 2022 @09:54AM (#32690880)
That was also the argument for putting lead in fuel for cars in the first place.

The answer just seems "not enough political pressure to phase it out".

Re:FAA approves unleaded fuel for piston fleet by skimo8 on Friday September 02, 2022 @11:49AM (#32692199)
Thats true, but aircraft engines also run harder, must be lighter, and more reliable. It has been discussed elsewhere, and is a technically harder problem.

On top of that, general aviation makes up a much smaller part of the population motoring around every day, so probably less of a priority to gain political traction (until now).

That being said, I’m very happy to see an unleaded standard. It was my understanding that 100LL was not able to be transported via pipeline, which was part of the contribution to its higher cost.