And if I were the president, I would ban avgas tomorrow.
The planes can all stay grounded till a replacement is available. The damage caused far outweighs the benefits of using it.
Yes, I know ambulance planes probably use it... Yes I know farmers use it for crop dusting. Yes I know some remote alaskan communities rely on flights for supplies. But spreading lead dust throughout the whole nation is worse than not having those things.
In this context that takes on a very different meaning. I wonder how much lead is directly from crop dusting. Avgas is ~1g/liter of lead and 100LL is 0.5g/liter. A small plane burns ~50 liters per hour.
The planes can all stay grounded till a replacement is available. The damage caused far outweighs the benefits of using it.
Yes, I know ambulance planes probably use it... Yes I know farmers use it for crop dusting. Yes I know some remote alaskan communities rely on flights for supplies. But spreading lead dust throughout the whole nation is worse than not having those things.