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General aviation (small planes) still use 100LL (low-lead) fuel. Of course there are some newer GA planes that use JetA (kerosene) instead, but due to heavy re
by deepsun 6y ago
General aviation (small planes) still use 100LL (low-lead) fuel.
Of course there are some newer GA planes that use JetA (kerosene) instead, but due to heavy regulations, it's really hard to make/certify new planes, so most people still fly 40+ year old carburetor planes.
- throwaway0a5e 6y ago>General aviation (small planes) still use 100LL (low-lead) fuel. In vanishingly small quantities and even smaller concentrations (i.e. thinly distributed in the atmosphere making it hard for anyone to get a large dose) to the point which you can pick pretty much any other class of vehicles or source of lead and be reasonably sure it is causing more disease and death. I know it's easy virtue points to rag on it but leaded avgas is just not an issue. GA has no lobby or economic impact to speak of so it's not like it's sticking around through regulatory capture.
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- maxerickson 6y agoThousands of people with enough money to own and operate small planes is not "no lobby". There's literally a foundation that spends tens of millions of dollars every year on small pilot interests: https://www.aopa.org/about/governance https://www.aopa.org/about/governance