Comments on: Passing gas http://www.generalaviationnews.com/?p=17724 Inform. Entertain. Inspire. Tue, 07 Sep 2010 16:59:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Passing gas | General Aviation News :: I love to Fly http://www.generalaviationnews.com/?p=17724&cpage=1#comment-3802 Passing gas | General Aviation News :: I love to Fly Mon, 01 Feb 2010 09:32:52 +0000 http://www.generalaviationnews.com/?p=17724#comment-3802 [...] Passing gas | General Aviation News. Categories : News [...] [...] Passing gas | General Aviation News. Categories : News [...]

]]> By: Best of the Web — Golf Hotel Whiskey http://www.generalaviationnews.com/?p=17724&cpage=1#comment-3713 Best of the Web — Golf Hotel Whiskey Sun, 24 Jan 2010 07:30:44 +0000 http://www.generalaviationnews.com/?p=17724#comment-3713 [...] Octane Gas. For history buffs, Steve Bill Hanshew has recently posted an article on General Aviation News about the history of high-octane gasoline and the more recent attempts to regulate or eliminate [...] [...] Octane Gas. For history buffs, Steve Bill Hanshew has recently posted an article on General Aviation News about the history of high-octane gasoline and the more recent attempts to regulate or eliminate [...]

]]> By: Dean Billing http://www.generalaviationnews.com/?p=17724&cpage=1#comment-3707 Dean Billing Sat, 23 Jan 2010 02:44:15 +0000 http://www.generalaviationnews.com/?p=17724#comment-3707 This article misses the most important point about 100 LL avgas, economics. TEL is made by one company in England in an old plant. The demand for TEL decreases every year. Not exactly the business of the future. The TEL used in the US and a few other major countries is delivered in two aging 30 year old ocean tankers. There is no future in the business. One other thing to keep in mind is that only about 300 million gallons of 100 LL are made a year and the demand is declining, especially considering 70-80% of the GA fleet could be using unleaded gasoline today. Meanwhile refineries make 135 billion gallons of unleaded gasoline, also declining because of the economy. That means that avgas is less than 1/4 of 1% of their output and all of it requires special handling and transport in order to avoid contamination of unleaded product. None of it can be transported in a pipeline, the cheapest, most efficient method of moving petrochemical products. I don't even know why the refineries bother and less than 10 do. Actually they would like it if 100 LL went away, that's why they aren't squashing Swift Enterprises and Virent Energy Systems, because they are no economic threat whatsoever. If avgas disappeared tomorrow it wouldn't show up on any oil companies bottom line. This article misses the most important point about 100 LL avgas, economics. TEL is made by one company in England in an old plant. The demand for TEL decreases every year. Not exactly the business of the future. The TEL used in the US and a few other major countries is delivered in two aging 30 year old ocean tankers. There is no future in the business.

One other thing to keep in mind is that only about 300 million gallons of 100 LL are made a year and the demand is declining, especially considering 70-80% of the GA fleet could be using unleaded gasoline today. Meanwhile refineries make 135 billion gallons of unleaded gasoline, also declining because of the economy. That means that avgas is less than 1/4 of 1% of their output and all of it requires special handling and transport in order to avoid contamination of unleaded product. None of it can be transported in a pipeline, the cheapest, most efficient method of moving petrochemical products. I don’t even know why the refineries bother and less than 10 do. Actually they would like it if 100 LL went away, that’s why they aren’t squashing Swift Enterprises and Virent Energy Systems, because they are no economic threat whatsoever. If avgas disappeared tomorrow it wouldn’t show up on any oil companies bottom line.

]]> By: Larry D. Butler, Ph. D. http://www.generalaviationnews.com/?p=17724&cpage=1#comment-3705 Larry D. Butler, Ph. D. Fri, 22 Jan 2010 18:40:51 +0000 http://www.generalaviationnews.com/?p=17724#comment-3705 Having read the article above by Bill Henshew, I must agree with him. The "environmental alarmists", who seem to be thick as flea's on an old dog, seem to be running the country. In reality, there aren't that many of them, they just make a lot of noise, as in the "global warming" controversy, which the world has now learned was completely contrived, just to make a few people rich while ripping-off the American people! The situation here is exactly the same! The effects of lead in aircraft fuel is infinitesimal compared to others sources a person could die from. The statement of Grainger above indicated to me he doesn't have a clue! The brain damage, Grainger refers to, suffered by children, is from ingesting it as dust or chewing it, when found in the form of paint. I personally don't know that there are that many children standing around at the airport with their little noses stuck up an exhaust stack. Mr. Henshew's comparison of people documented to have died from lead poisoning and bee stings is accurate and in my view warrants the use of "common sense" before removing 100LL from use. Of course I did insist upon using "common sense" and that definitely lets out those now in control of our Congress, the Whitehouse and those of the frame of mind like Grainger. Having read the article above by Bill Henshew, I must agree with him. The “environmental alarmists”, who seem to be thick as flea’s on an old dog, seem to be running the country. In reality, there aren’t that many of them, they just make a lot of noise, as in the “global warming” controversy, which the world has now learned was completely contrived, just to make a few people rich while ripping-off the American people! The situation here is exactly the same! The effects of lead in aircraft fuel is infinitesimal compared to others sources a person could die from. The statement of Grainger above indicated to me he doesn’t have a clue! The brain damage, Grainger refers to, suffered by children, is from ingesting it as dust or chewing it, when found in the form of paint. I personally don’t know that there are that many children standing around at the airport with their little noses stuck up an exhaust stack. Mr. Henshew’s comparison of people documented to have died from lead poisoning and bee stings is accurate and in my view warrants the use of “common sense” before removing 100LL from use. Of course I did insist upon using “common sense” and that definitely lets out those now in control of our Congress, the Whitehouse and those of the frame of mind like Grainger.

]]> By: Gotcha Lookin http://www.generalaviationnews.com/?p=17724&cpage=1#comment-3704 Gotcha Lookin Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:57:15 +0000 http://www.generalaviationnews.com/?p=17724#comment-3704 Anthrax spores are the problem: When subjected to drying conditions, anthrax will coat itself in a protein which will embalm it until wet conditions are available, like in your lungs or your gut. Anthrax spores have been shown to be viable after 50 years of storage. A contaminated aircraft would need to be subjected to toxic fumigation - similar to the process used on the offices of Senator Leahy and Daschle. The real question is how the spores are prepared, to maintain dryness, and to create particles small enough to provide air suspension. Initially, it forms into sticky clumps of sporifying bacteria, which normally keeps it from going airborne. This makes anthrax spores ideal for transport in smuggled drugs - and that is why aviation crews must be aware that carrying contraband heroin from Pakistan and Afghanistan resulted in 7 deaths in Scotland and 1 death in England from anthrax contaminated heroin injections. In any case, air crews should carefully consider the decision to be inoculated with the human anthrax vaccine - which is a refined extract of one of three anthrax toxins: The human anthrax vaccine can result in severe chronic auto-immune disease and unleash cancers because it has the potential of eliciting an immune response that will antagonise and potentially shutdown the human immune system. If exposed to anthrax spores, the most important therapy is to seek out immediate treatment with doxycycline antibiotics. The problem is that inhalation anthrax symptoms initially resemble influenza or pneumonia, and emergency medicine staff may not treat a patient with congested breathing if they assume that the patient has a viral infection: This killed two misdiagnosed drummers in the UK who were infected from drumheads made with imported African skins contaminated with the artificially virulent Vollum variety of anthrax: Pounding the drums aerosolized the anthrax spores. In short, air crews should avoid drug contraband from Central Asia, untreated imported African animal skins, and live animal cargo showing charcoal-black anthrax sores on the skin of their legs. For more information, see Scott Miller's documentary "A CALL TO ARMS 2009 EDITION" which reviews the entire sordid history of both the US and UK military's human anthrax vaccine programs. Anthrax spores are the problem: When subjected to drying conditions, anthrax will coat itself in a protein which will embalm it until wet conditions are available, like in your lungs or your gut. Anthrax spores have been shown to be viable after 50 years of storage. A contaminated aircraft would need to be subjected to toxic fumigation – similar to the process used on the offices of Senator Leahy and Daschle. The real question is how the spores are prepared, to maintain dryness, and to create particles small enough to provide air suspension. Initially, it forms into sticky clumps of sporifying bacteria, which normally keeps it from going airborne. This makes anthrax spores ideal for transport in smuggled drugs – and that is why aviation crews must be aware that carrying contraband heroin from Pakistan and Afghanistan resulted in 7 deaths in Scotland and 1 death in England from anthrax contaminated heroin injections. In any case, air crews should carefully consider the decision to be inoculated with the human anthrax vaccine – which is a refined extract of one of three anthrax toxins: The human anthrax vaccine can result in severe chronic auto-immune disease and unleash cancers because it has the potential of eliciting an immune response that will antagonise and potentially shutdown the human immune system. If exposed to anthrax spores, the most important therapy is to seek out immediate treatment with doxycycline antibiotics. The problem is that inhalation anthrax symptoms initially resemble influenza or pneumonia, and emergency medicine staff may not treat a patient with congested breathing if they assume that the patient has a viral infection: This killed two misdiagnosed drummers in the UK who were infected from drumheads made with imported African skins contaminated with the artificially virulent Vollum variety of anthrax: Pounding the drums aerosolized the anthrax spores. In short, air crews should avoid drug contraband from Central Asia, untreated imported African animal skins, and live animal cargo showing charcoal-black anthrax sores on the skin of their legs. For more information, see Scott Miller’s documentary “A CALL TO ARMS 2009 EDITION” which reviews the entire sordid history of both the US and UK military’s human anthrax vaccine programs.

]]> By: Grainger http://www.generalaviationnews.com/?p=17724&cpage=1#comment-3703 Grainger Fri, 22 Jan 2010 16:06:42 +0000 http://www.generalaviationnews.com/?p=17724#comment-3703 You need to read up on the many sub-clinical effects of lead. Even small amounts cause permanent brain damage in children, and that is only one of lead's many impacts on the body and mind. Ask your doctor about lead in gasoline. You need to read up on the many sub-clinical effects of lead. Even small amounts cause permanent brain damage in children, and that is only one of lead’s many impacts on the body and mind. Ask your doctor about lead in gasoline.

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