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Originally Posted by Fish
Here's a quote directly from one of the EPA officials who was responsible for the leaded gasoline regulation.
Straight from the EPA at the time. So next time you tell someone they're full of shit, maybe you should know what the **** you're talking about.
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You're gonna support your bullshit argument with someone 'postulating' a bullshit argument. Strong stuff.
The premise of the need for lead was a continuing need for the performance provided by octane boost in large powerplants.
People instead sacrificed horsepower until newer engines with fuel injection and computer monitoring made up the difference with less potent fuels.
Gas prices never rose with the removal of lead because people adapted by either living with underpowered vehicles or buying smaller lighter vehicles. And the auto industry flat out sucked balls for their lack of timely adaption for decades, leading to the rise of imports from which the US industry never fully recovered.
But even then, with the fallout that DID happen, removing lead from gas just made for shitty cars. There's a difference between sacrificing pep in your 0-60 time on the highway and sacrificing all your energy consumption. It's one thing if your car accelerates like a dog. It's another if your house is 50 degrees, or 40 in winter, or 100 in summer. It's another if it costs you twice as much to keep your refrigerator cold as it did last year. You can't 'adapt' to a shitty refrigerator that doesn't keep your food frozen or your milk cold like you can an underpowered car.