fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 8 days agoJet Fuelimgs.xkcd.comimagemessage-square62fedilinkarrow-up1109arrow-down11
arrow-up1108arrow-down1imageJet Fuelimgs.xkcd.comfossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square62fedilink
minus-squarespacesatan@lazysoci.allinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-27 days agolead is in avgas for prop planes, not jet fuel. *I guess turboprops also use jet fuel so I should have said small GA planes but you get the point.
minus-squareLiz@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 days agoWe really need to get rid of that.
minus-squareumbrella@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 days agodecomissioning millions (?) of perfectly good planes doesnt seem practical and modding old airplane engines to use different fuel doesnt seem like the safest way to solve this problem. how do we even begin?
minus-squareLiz@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 days agoI thought that you can still sell new props that need leaded fuel, is that not the case?
minus-squareumbrella@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-27 days agono idea that was the case. i was thinking of old 70s cessna type planes and stuff
minus-squareLiz@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 days agoRegardless, looks like there’s a plan to get everybody off the stuff by 2030. https://www.faa.gov/unleaded
lead is in avgas for prop planes, not jet fuel.
*I guess turboprops also use jet fuel so I should have said small GA planes but you get the point.
We really need to get rid of that.
decomissioning millions (?) of perfectly good planes doesnt seem practical and modding old airplane engines to use different fuel doesnt seem like the safest way to solve this problem.
how do we even begin?
I thought that you can still sell new props that need leaded fuel, is that not the case?
no idea that was the case. i was thinking of old 70s cessna type planes and stuff
Regardless, looks like there’s a plan to get everybody off the stuff by 2030.
https://www.faa.gov/unleaded