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From: wmartin@brl-tgr.ARPA (Will Martin )
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Leaded vs. unleaded
Message-ID: <5186@brl-tgr.ARPA>
Date: Thu, 11-Oct-84 11:51:23 EDT
Article-I.D.: brl-tgr.5186
Posted: Thu Oct 11 11:51:23 1984
Date-Received: Fri, 12-Oct-84 06:06:17 EDT
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There has been recent news coverage and discussion of plans to eliminate
leaded gas from the marketplace, I believe by the EPA. This is of concern
to people who still require leaded gas -- drivers of older cars, boaters,
fliers, automobile collectors, etc. What I would expect is that these
people would simply go to an auto-parts store and buy the "octane-booster"
lead additives in a can, to make the unleaded gas they get at the pump back
into the leaded gas they need. Has anyone seen any detailed information
about the proposed regulations that would explain if such after-market 
additives would ALSO be made illegal? (If so, they'd become as hard to
get as marijuana or moonshine...)

What inspires this query is that the news articles and stories I've seen
have ignored this simple solution to the problem, and only reported
the worries and fears of the leaded-gas users. I don't know if this 
means that the solution is also being eliminated, or if the reporters,
editors, and concerned individuals just don't know that the problem can
be worked-around in this fashion.

Comments?

Will Martin

seismo!brl-bmd!wmartin     or     wmartin@almsa-1.ARPA