In surprising news, the last stockpile of leaded petrol/gasoline for vehicles has been used up (in Algeria), leaving #aviation as the only remaining user. #publichealth and #Asbestos was finally banned in the US recently. It shows that you can ban products.

https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/2024/they-ban-products-dont-they/

'They ban products, don't they?'

“Critics keep talking as if it’s useless, but it isn’t. It’s cheap and even though it has some flaws, is extraordinarily effective at some of its use cases.” “So, what? Are we supposed to accept all the downsides of LLMs just because it’s occasionally useful?

Baldur Bjarnason

@Guinnessy To add to that, the technical and regulatory problems have now been solved with the development and FAA-approval of Avgas G100UL as a drop-in replacement for Avgas 100LL for all spark-ignition aviation piston engines. Yes, all of them.

The remaining problems are logistics and political will.

https://g100ul.com/

#avgas #generalaviation #100LL #G100UL #leadedfuel #unleaded

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