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I've got about 50 or 60 pilots from India and Venezuela doing circles around my local airport who would like to differ. What about using G100UL makes it inaccessible? Worst case scenario, if $1 per gallon makes that much of a difference, you can just drive your car less and ride your bike around the neighborhood to offset the cost of fuel.

People in the united states don't like diesel. It's mainly a cultural thing.

There's literally a monopoly on 100LL so what's the difference?

Good. It's nothing but a rich boy hobby anyhow. And anyone who can afford, or even has a pilots license these days is getting paid well over 6 figures, usually as entry pay. The days of underpaid, entry level pilots are a thing of the past. This isn't the 1990s. Grow up.

Oh well that makes airborne lead pollution okay then.

An industry that fails to regulate itself is regulated by the government. We've had more than a decade to transition and literally zero progress. Everyone knew this day was coming since congress mandated the transition back in 2009. Crying about it doesn't solve anything — it's well past time to rip off the bandaid.

Approved as a full drop in replacement, legal on all planes. You're conflating G100UL with UL94.

We can't use ethanol because of phase separation amongst other reasons but this is true considering we've been using stuff like toluene probably even longer than tel.

That's irrelevant considering G100UL doesn't contain ethanol.

Low lead is a misnomer, you might as well call it LL.

No, G100UL is a full drop in replacement that meets the standards off AVGAS which is what is required by the certificate. Fully legal on all engines with no change to the certificate.

They literally don't when G100UL exist, which is approved as a full drop in replacement safe for all engines.