It is sad for the hundreds of millions of poisoned Americans that Republicans delayed the removal of lead from gasoline for so many decades after it was found to be poisonous and a neuro-toxin.

Some think that the reason why American's have become so stupid is a direct result of the lead exposure that American Capitalism created and Republicans protected.

Vendicar overlooks many technical problems that plagued the issue and continue to wreak havoc: The most common octane booster, MTBE, is also a poison. Instead of an air soluble poison, we have a water soluble poison. MTBE is also not as good a substitute as TetraEthyl Lead was for boosting octane performance in fuel. To this day, Aviation gasoline still uses TEL because until recently, there were no acceptable alternatives that will provide the detonation margins required for higher performance gasoline aircraft engines to perform as designed.

Vendicar's post is a cheap shot toward party politics while there were and are serious technical engineering problems that had not been properly resolved. Thankfully, most readers here have learned over the years to expect such cheap behavior from Vendicar.

ab3a ignores the muscle cars from the 50s and 60s on highways. Somehow they continue to move despite the lack of lead

ab3a ignores the fact that the European states were using lead free gasoline long before Republicans in the U.S. dropped their obsessive support for the ongoing lead poisoning of the American people.

"Vendicar overlooks many technical problems that plagued the issue and continue to wreak havoc:"- ab3a

http://www.wired....history/

European states which banned using leaded fuel in automobiles before the USA did: Austria (1989), Germany (1988), Sweden (1992).
The EU as a whole didn't stop until 2000, and the UK still has it available.

Also, California banned TEL in 1992, under a Republican governor- Pete Wilson. In 1967, Republican Ronald Regan signed the law creating the California Air Resource Board.

Damn those Republicans always doing bad things!

Americans should thank their lucky stars that Liberals in California started America on a path to outlawing lead in gasoline.

Researchers link toxic element to violent behavior

http://www.dailym...ior.html

Vendicar overlooks the very well documented case of aviation gasoline.

Kochevnic: Muscle cars rarely spend a few seconds at full throttle at a time and then they spend most of their run at no more than 15% capacity. Aircraft engines stay at full throttle for several MINUTES and then run at 75% power continuously for hour after hour. These instances are not comparable.

Vendicar presumes that all environmental improvements came from one party. It's never that simple my party hack friend: For example: who signed a bill requiring higher quality diesel fuel for the US? It was none other than that dastardly Bush 43. Who created the EPA in the first place? It was none other than that evil Richard Nixon!

Both parties have histories of environmental progress. Both have histories of environmental ignorance. Acting as if all goodness flows from one place shows that you are very gullible.