Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site brl-tgr.ARPA Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!brl-tgr!wmartin 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 Organization: Ballistics Research Lab Lines: 23 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