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Comment on Really, ….. it's my fault they built a terrible system?
Seraph@kbin.social 10 months agoLead poisoning really did a number on that generation. While I'm also angry that they were complacent in what's happened, as I refuse to be, it's like blaming a severely handicapped kid.
Did you know we found out to stop including lead in gas in 1976 because school kids were getting dumber and angrier?
CubbyTustard@reddthat.com 10 months ago
AttackBunny@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Because it serves are purpose. People don’t just fill their race cars up with leaded fuel for the pleasure of paying a LOT more.
explodicle@local106.com 10 months ago
We’re aware that it does make a difference. In something completely unnecessary. You can enjoy life without polluting lead.
AttackBunny@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Probably should talk to the multiple other “sports” that allow it in FAR larger and more harmful ways.
CubbyTustard@reddthat.com 10 months ago
[deleted]AttackBunny@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I love how you all singled out a small subset of a pretty niche sport to be uptight about. No mention of avgas, which is used far more widely, and covers far more people. According to FAA nearly 250k planes still use it. They fly all over. They flyover your house, mine, everyone.
Or lead in ammunition, which is studied and proven to kill animals, and their young. The CA condor is a good example of it. They are still dying from lead poisoning, and lead ammo has been outlawed in CA. It only took until 2019 to outlaw it here, but I believe we are the only state. The recent fires here, that killed multiple condors proved that. At least one (probably more but I heard about this one) had lead in its system and when they went to try to find their young, they also had lead poisoning.
Oh and it’ll probably shock you to know, even in CA, you can go buy fuels (C16 and Q16 are the most common we see) and use them in street cars. Go to any classic American car show, and you can smell it. But yes, please single out a small subset of race cars as being the issue.
LongbottomLeaf@lemmy.nz 10 months ago
Clair Patterson lives!
greenhorn@lemm.ee 10 months ago
We knew from the time Thomas Midgley put lead in gas it was toxic, but it was cheaper. He also introduced CFCs to the environment. Sherman Williams reported in 1904 that lead paint was bad, but it took until the 1970s for bans to start, but plenty of places still have no ban.
Milksteaks@midwest.social 10 months ago
The only solace in his detriment to humanity is that he died a terrible death. He got polio made a contraption to help him move around and got tangled and died of strangulation