I think lead was banned because of it's impact on yooman health, but it wasn't too bad for the wider environment.
Being heavy, it didn't get far from roads before falling to earth.
The studies that led to lead being removed from petrol in Britain, were done on primary school kids in schools that were almost underneath the M4 flyover in West London. Unsurprisingly, high concentrations of lead were found in the kids.
Probably the bigger issue is that it kills catalytic converters
 
wow, i thought the fuel was cheap.. maybe it is commercially when you're buying millions of gallons, but small amount of jet fuel £1/L and avgas £2/L
I don't think either of them are taxed, so if tax was added, that would actually be very expensive indeed, and planes burn a lot of fuel, especially on take off.

Not sure if I really wanted to know that avgas still has lead in it. I often moor right underneath the take off end of Rickmansworth airfield, entirely used by avgas fueled planes. So my brain, which presumably absorbed plenty of lead in childhood, is now getting a top up.

Might explain a lot! :(
 
I don't think either of them are taxed, so if tax was added, that would actually be very expensive indeed, and planes burn a lot of fuel, especially on take off.

Not sure if I really wanted to know that avgas still has lead in it. I often moor right underneath the take off end of Rickmansworth airfield, entirely used by avgas fueled planes. So my brain, which presumably absorbed plenty of lead in childhood, is now getting a top up.

Might explain a lot! :(
You're probably quite safe there unless there's absolutely no wind at all, which is very rare
 
You're probably quite safe there unless there's absolutely no wind at all, which is very rare
Not a very windy area, as it goes, quite a long way inland for Britain.

And it definitely isn't safe, sharp bend, strong current, I am always getting hit. When I was moored there before Christmas, I was hit so hard that it broke the weld on one of the rings on my mooring chain, luckily the ring caught in the rail, so I didn't get swept away.

And that is even without the rain of lead to worry about! :eek:
 

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