[AJD] Lead in fuel, rant, plea

[Tommy]

Steve,
         As mentioned in an earlier post, lead is contained in the gasoline 
used in general aviation, not commercial. Keep in mind that the turbine 
fuel (Jet A) used in commercial airliners does not contain lead. Also as 
mentioned earlier, I agree that the sources for leaded aviation gas are 
becoming fewer and fewer. I know that several of the major pipelines no 
longer carry leaded gas as it causes great headaches in disposing of the 
"interface" that is created between the grades of fuels that are carried. 
This leads to greater trucking distances and the associated increase in 
cost at the airport....Tommy

At 01:46 PM 12/13/04 -0800, you wrote:
>Ron, Skip, and Steve,
>
>I wonder now how else I could have gotten the information you've
>provided so I wouldn't have to stick my foot in my mouth.
>I appreciate the chance to learn on a daily basis.
>I'm going to have a lot more number to find before I listen to my next
>"biomonitoring" talk by reps from the CDC.
>
>So I ask myself now: How much lead has really been burned into the air
>since they removed lead from the gasoline sold at the pumps?  Makes me
>wonder if considering how many more airline miles are being flown,
>there's really any change in the number of pounds of lead going into
>the air...... and whether the CDC really has a leg to stand on in this
>instance.
>
>I've never had access to an airport to purchase fuel or know anyone
>personally whom had done so.
>
>Steve Treimer
>
>--- steve sewell <sewell at oak.cats.ohiou.edu> wrote:
>
> > At 10:39 AM 12/11/2004 -0800, you wrote:
> > >I would be very, very surprised if there is any lead whatsoever in
> > any
> > >of the fuel blends on the market today, aircraft or otherwise.
> >
> > Steve: Most all piston aircraft require 100 octane low lead. You can
> > buy it
> > at any airport around you. I have worked at the local airport for 16
> > years
> > and we have always sold it to the public in cans. We do have to put
> > on the
> > sale ticket that it is "for off-road use only". As there is no road
> > tax
> > charged in the price. We have a lot of racers (car and bike) buy it.
> > Cost
> > is around $2.95 a gallon with the sales tax. They have talked for
> > years
> > about doing away with it but that would ground the entire general
> > aviation
> > fleet, as the engines require the lead. I do know that fewer refiners
> > are
> > making it as we are down to two sources that our supplier can ship
> > from.
> > Tractor note - It works well mixed with regular pump gas. (-;
> >
> > - Steve
> >
> > Steve Sewell
> > Albany, Ohio USA
> > sewell at atis.net
> > sewell at ohio.edu
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Antique-johndeere mailing list
> > http://www.antique-tractor.com/mailman/listinfo/antique-johndeere
> >
>
>
>__________________________________________________
>Do You Yahoo!?
>Tired of spam?  Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around
>http://mail.yahoo.com
>_______________________________________________
>Antique-johndeere mailing list
>http://www.antique-tractor.com/mailman/listinfo/antique-johndeere

Tommy Wilson
Hattiesburg, MS
1950 IH H
1951 JD B
1952 IH SC