BarqsHasBite@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 9 个月前Back in the 1970s when we switched to unleaded gas, what did the vehicles that ran on leaded gas do?message-squaremessage-square42fedilinkarrow-up198arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up198arrow-down1message-squareBack in the 1970s when we switched to unleaded gas, what did the vehicles that ran on leaded gas do?BarqsHasBite@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 9 个月前message-square42fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareRobotToaster@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up16·9 个月前You can still buy tetraethyllead for classic cars that need it.
minus-squareskyspydude1@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·9 个月前It’s pretty uncommon though. Aviation uses far, far more leaded fuel than classic cars.
minus-squarefiercekitten@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·9 个月前Yeah, I knew that some planes still use it. I have had a full year or so now of being horrified by that too. I wonder if we’re still going to be selling PFAS 50 years from now too.
minus-squareAA5B@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·9 个月前Only small prop planes, and not all those. Almost all commercial aviation are jets or turboprops, using jet fuel. Jet fuel has no lead.
You can still buy tetraethyllead for classic cars that need it.
That is horrifying
It’s pretty uncommon though. Aviation uses far, far more leaded fuel than classic cars.
Yeah, I knew that some planes still use it. I have had a full year or so now of being horrified by that too.
I wonder if we’re still going to be selling PFAS 50 years from now too.
Only small prop planes, and not all those.
Almost all commercial aviation are jets or turboprops, using jet fuel. Jet fuel has no lead.
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