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From: jackh@zehntel.UUCP (jack hagerty)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: Leaded vs. unleaded
Message-ID: <1633@zehntel.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 16-Oct-84 13:29:55 EDT
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Posted: Tue Oct 16 13:29:55 1984
Date-Received: Thu, 18-Oct-84 08:17:02 EDT
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Organization: Zehntel Automation Systems Inc, Walnut Creek CA
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>                                     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.                                         
> 
>                              ... 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.                       
> 
> Will Martin

They have good reason to be afraid. Tetra-ethyl lead is *EXTREMELY* toxic!
Also, the amount of lead in a tank is quite tiny. The ability of the general
public to accurately measure it out on a per-tank basis without either
poisoning themselves or runining their engines is doubtful.

                                  Jack Hagerty, Zehntel Inc.
                                   ... ihnp4!zehntel!jackh