[Scott Manley] Why Do Planes Still Use Lead In Fuel 30 Years After Cars Stopped?
[Scott Manley] Why Do Planes Still Use Lead In Fuel 30 Years After Cars Stopped?
Scott usually focuses on spaceflight and aviation topics, but there is some nice chemistry overlap in this video.
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It's kind of funny that the chemtrail people were accidentally right.
Except not, because only piston aircraft use leaded fuel. Turboprops and Jet Turbines use Jet Fuel which does not use lead.
But they weren't....?