someguy3@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 5 months agoBack in the 1970s when we switched to unleaded gas, what did the vehicles that ran on leaded gas do?message-squaremessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up175file-text
arrow-up175message-squareBack in the 1970s when we switched to unleaded gas, what did the vehicles that ran on leaded gas do?someguy3@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 5 months agomessage-square24fedilinkfile-text
minus-square6mementomori@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·5 months agoso, from what I read, some people actually still use leaded gasoline?
minus-squarelettruthout@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·5 months agoIn the US the only source of leaded gasoline that I’m aware of is aviation gas. Lots of (all?) older piston-driven airplanes use it.
minus-squaresomeguy3@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-25 months agoI looked this up, many do but the new additives are supposed to be good enough to replace it. (For piston planes).
minus-squaremojo_raisin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·5 months agoit’s used in small plane aviation. https://www.faa.gov/newsroom/leaded-aviation-fuel-and-environment
so, from what I read, some people actually still use leaded gasoline?
In the US the only source of leaded gasoline that I’m aware of is aviation gas. Lots of (all?) older piston-driven airplanes use it.
I looked this up, many do but the new additives are supposed to be good enough to replace it. (For piston planes).
it’s used in small plane aviation.
https://www.faa.gov/newsroom/leaded-aviation-fuel-and-environment