[ctennis1]

There's also distribution problems. Jet fuel aside, most airports only have one tank for servicing avgas. Once they switch over to non-leaded, now they have a customer base that may not be able to buy from them. Those revenues go to fund the airport operation.

There's going to have to be a concerted effort to fix type certificates and fuel distribution all at the same time. A slow effort is going to be more problematic.

[JumpCrisscross]

> Once they switch over to non-leaded, now they have a customer base that may not be able to buy from them

G100L is approved for all piston aircraft [1]. The only reason someone couldn't buy from them would be obstinacy.

[1] https://www.aopa.org/news-and-media/all-news/2022/september/...

[labcomputer]

Not so fast. G100UL can be approved for all piston engine aircraft. There is not a blanket approval.

You still have to go here (https://stc.g100ul.com/aircraft/) and buy paperwork that makes your individual airframe and engine legal. What the FAA approved was for GAMI to sell that paperwork for all piston aircraft.

[dicknuckle]

for a whole $250? that's a drop in the bucket for anything GA related.

[saalweachter]

I wonder what the Venn diagram of single-engine plane owners and people who don't like being told what to do looks like.

[I am seriously curious; on the one hand, owning and flying a small plane is an expensive, privileged hobby which tends towards the lower-upper-class demographic, but it also requires complying with a shit-ton of government regulation and direction already.]

[hatsunearu]

I'm in the car hobby and considering how many people just think stuff like noise regulation and air quality measures is just nonsense solely on the basis of "I do what I want, bitch", I'm not hopeful.

[froggit]

Ever live somewhere without emissions testing? Welding straight pipes in place of cats becomes a point of pride.

[bsagdiyev]

That doesn't seem to be the norm here and we're pretty lax on emissions testing requirements. It was a bigger issue in California when I was in the car scene there than anywhere else i've lived. And their emissions are stricter than most places (if not all) in the US.

[tomatocracy]

Probably also helps that the materials in catalytic converters can be pretty valuable on the scrap market.

[donbatman]

It's fantastic! I can get ethanol free gas too!