The last gallon of leaded was sold in Algeria in July, NPR reports; they excerpt a bit from an old ‘Car Talk’ episode to help celebrate [image] The World Has Finally Stopped Using Leaded Gasoline. Algeria Used The Last... A calamitous invention that poisoned air, water and soil for gener…

I remember going to NASCAR races in the late 80’s when they were still using leaded fuel. The exhausts emitted a really distinctive sweet-ish smell. You don’t get that anymore. I’m sure it wasn’t good for you, but it really added to the sense of occasion for 10 year old me.

Correct. 100LL (“100 octane Low Lead”) is still used. Got $6.70 per gallon? That’s what I paid, for 63 gallons in my Piper Seneca last week, at KISP (Islip airport on Long Island.) It wasn’t always that way (Avgas costing twice as much as Mogas). It always cost more, but not over twice the price

I think leaded gas is still available as a racing fuel too. [image] VP Vintage Leaded | VP Racing Fuels, Inc For older vehicles that relied on lead for engine protection, VP Vintage is a leaded fuel with an octane rating of 103 (R+M/2) that contains no ethanol and offers extra... …

Most the larger racetracks have leaded race gas available from on site pumps with underground tanks. They also generally have unleaded high octane race gas as well. Some have race E85.

[image] wolyrobb: Still in light aircraft due to concerns about running with too low an octane rating. A gas station in town sells it, on the corner of Indian School & Juan Tabo - I thought it was mainly ethanol, which has an octane number of 108. [image] FoDaddy: The exhausts emitted a …

[image] texases: For cars, but not light aircraft, I think. That’s exactly the thought that made me roll my eyes at this story, which I read before they issued the correction. NPR usually does at least a little better with the details than this. I was kind of surprised they didn’t note that p…

[image] shadowfax: Why are these planes still using toxic fuel A couple of reasons come to mind… Because the aviation industry is still flying lots of very old aircraft or newer aircraft using very old technology. The Lycoming O-360 4 cylinder was designed in 1952 and is still being produced…

[image] RandomTroll: They haven’t switched to nitromethane? hydrazine and liquid oxygen? No, they haven’t. :roll_eyes:

[image] Mustangman: And it is so highly regulated, it is very, very difficult and expensive to change anything, We had a long discussion of this 11 years ago: [image] Help Ed Build His Plane Maintenance/Repairs This week on Car Talk, we heard from Ed in Pennsylvania…

[image] RandomTroll: They haven’t switched to nitromethane? hydrazine and liquid oxygen? Actually, hydrazine and nitrogen tetroxide is the preferred fuel and oxidizer combination. Kinda dangerous, though. When loading spacecraft and rockets with that stuff, they wear scape suits. Wanna die fa…

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We had a long discussion of this 11 years ago:

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'The World Has Finally Stopped Using Leaded Gasoline. Algeria Used The Last Stockpile'

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