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Can anyone verify this claim? It sounds too good to be true. According to Wikipedia, FLIT was a product and large consumer-facing brand of Standard Oil, not Sh
by oasisbob 6y ago
Can anyone verify this claim? It sounds too good to be true.
According to Wikipedia, FLIT was a product and large consumer-facing brand of Standard Oil, not Shell.
- throwaway0a5e 6y ago"According to one source, some raw material (possibly the solvent) used for the production of FLIT was similar to that used for LF-1A fuel for the Lockheed U-2 high altitude reconnaissance aircraft, causing a nationwide shortage of bug spray in 1955. Fuel LF-1A was produced by Shell.[6]" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FLIT https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FLIT The citation is a book source and it's a book I don't own I can't vouch for the legitimacy.
- justin66 6y agoIt's discussed in Ben Rich's excellent memoir, Skunk Works. https://www.google.com/books/edition/Skunk_Works/oL4bHPIt7XIC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=ben%20rich%20skunk%20works&pg=PT86&printsec=frontcover&bsq=flit https://www.google.com/books/edition/Skunk_Works/oL4bHPIt7XI...
- refurb 6y agoI can’t verify that exact claim, but as a chemist, it wouldn’t be surprising. Pesticides are mostly organic (carbon containing) compounds and oil is often used as feedstock. So I could see some key starting material for the pesticide being diverted to make a fuel component.