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The european union (EU) banned lead gasoline in 2000 (~ 2005 "lead free"), USA already in 1978. Many airplanes can still legally use lead fuel. source (german

• masklinn 12y ago
  > The european union (EU) banned lead gasoline in 2000 (~ 2005 "lead free"), USA already in 1978. These dates are to completely different events. The US started phasing out leaded gas in the mid-70s (the EPA announced its first regs in 1975, effective 1978) but didn't complete the phaseout until 1996. The EU did start and complete its phaseout later (starting in 1981, in part because of the resistance of some members e.g. France) but a few member states did so much earlier (Germany started phasing out leaded in 1972 and had completed its phaseout by 1988).
  • frik 12y ago
    In Austria gas stations offered lead gasoline til 1993: http://sciencev1.orf.at/science/news/67046 http://sciencev1.orf.at/science/news/67046
  • blisterpeanuts 12y ago
    Wikipedia[1] lists the U.S. phaseout as having completed in 1995. Some of the countries mentioned in the BBC article are phasing out leaded gasoline: Algeria in 2014, Iraq in 2015. I wonder why it's still even called "unleaded" in the U.S. when you can't even buy leaded gasoline anymore. Maybe it should just be called gasoline or better yet, petrol. The commonly used term "gas" is confusing because Americans use it to refer to liquid refined petroleum fuel i.e. gasoline, yet also to refer to gaseous substances that include methane and other fossil fuels. 1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetraethyllead http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetraethyllead