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Originally Posted by Fish
People made the same claims when the US started regulating leaded gasoline. The industry used leaded gas then for the same reason, because it was cheaper. Industry giants denied the science showing lead was harmful, and tried to convince people that it would ruin the economy if we regulated this cheap energy source. Yet we found a way and we're safer for it now. We'll do that with climate change too.
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So full of shit.
Lead was ADDED to gasoline to increase octane and thereby increase performance in the less sophisticated engines of the day.
The gas crunch took performance out of the calculus for desirable vehicles for a while, then engineering produced performances gains without the necessity of lead-induced octane levels.
Lead was never about price or economy.