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minus-squareLiz@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoWe really need to get rid of that.
minus-squareumbrella@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months 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-up2·2 months agoI thought that you can still sell new props that need leaded fuel, is that not the case?
minus-squareumbrella@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-22 months agono idea that was the case. i was thinking of old 70s cessna type planes and stuff
minus-squareLiz@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoRegardless, looks like there’s a plan to get everybody off the stuff by 2030. https://www.faa.gov/unleaded
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