Comments on: Bush Rapes Clean Air Act http://joecrubaugh.com/blog/2006/12/10/bush-rapes-clean-air-act/ A dissident twist of reality... Wed, 17 Mar 2010 02:05:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: VR http://joecrubaugh.com/blog/2006/12/10/bush-rapes-clean-air-act/comment-page-1/#comment-265 VR Mon, 11 Dec 2006 18:31:34 +0000 http://joecrubaugh.com/blog/2006/12/10/bush-rapes-clean-air-act/#comment-265 You buy horsepower, you drive torque. Audi won every race it entered this year with it's DIESEL race car. Diesel power is the way to go! But if you are hung up on spark plugs, then why need lead? So all those 400 horsepower cars out there are too guttless for you? Hell, I can go over 200mph on a motorcycle that REQUIRES PREMIUM UNLEADED - and 0 to 100 faster than I can even hang on. What the hell do we need lead for? We can't even handle the horsepower we have in cars now, let alone need more... You buy horsepower, you drive torque.

Audi won every race it entered this year with it’s DIESEL race car. Diesel power is the way to go!

But if you are hung up on spark plugs, then why need lead? So all those 400 horsepower cars out there are too guttless for you? Hell, I can go over 200mph on a motorcycle that REQUIRES PREMIUM UNLEADED - and 0 to 100 faster than I can even hang on. What the hell do we need lead for? We can’t even handle the horsepower we have in cars now, let alone need more…

]]> By: Joe http://joecrubaugh.com/blog/2006/12/10/bush-rapes-clean-air-act/comment-page-1/#comment-263 Joe Mon, 11 Dec 2006 02:01:53 +0000 http://joecrubaugh.com/blog/2006/12/10/bush-rapes-clean-air-act/#comment-263 Lab Techie: Thanks for the props, and the bacteria info...fascinating stuff. I wonder if making leaded gasoline available again is a grand scheme to revive the US car companies by getting everybody to scramble for NEW Lead-burning Autos! :-) Lab Techie: Thanks for the props, and the bacteria info…fascinating stuff. I wonder if making leaded gasoline available again is a grand scheme to revive the US car companies by getting everybody to scramble for NEW Lead-burning Autos! :-)

]]> By: Joe http://joecrubaugh.com/blog/2006/12/10/bush-rapes-clean-air-act/comment-page-1/#comment-262 Joe Mon, 11 Dec 2006 01:58:21 +0000 http://joecrubaugh.com/blog/2006/12/10/bush-rapes-clean-air-act/#comment-262 Chip: Thanks for the info about better engine function/more horsepower. But is more horsepower really worth pumping lead back into the atmosphere that everybody breathes? I hate how I sound like I'm an owl-saving granola person when I mention the atmosphere...so let me put it another way: Would you eat a handful of lead paint to get more horsepower out of your ride? And would you think it's selfish to make everybody else eat a handful of lead paint to get more horsepower from your car? Just curious... Chip: Thanks for the info about better engine function/more horsepower. But is more horsepower really worth pumping lead back into the atmosphere that everybody breathes? I hate how I sound like I’m an owl-saving granola person when I mention the atmosphere…so let me put it another way: Would you eat a handful of lead paint to get more horsepower out of your ride? And would you think it’s selfish to make everybody else eat a handful of lead paint to get more horsepower from your car? Just curious…

]]> By: Lab Techie http://joecrubaugh.com/blog/2006/12/10/bush-rapes-clean-air-act/comment-page-1/#comment-261 Lab Techie Mon, 11 Dec 2006 01:33:07 +0000 http://joecrubaugh.com/blog/2006/12/10/bush-rapes-clean-air-act/#comment-261 There are bacteria which specialize in removing lead in the environment. They take Pb in as a 2+ cation which through unknown functions will spontaneously form a Lead Nitrate Compound (Pb2(PO4)3), this compound is 100% soluable in water, and is the most commmon way we are exposed to lead. However, these bacterium, (Caulobacter, E. Coli, Vibrio Harvi, etc) will bring lead into their cell bodies which is normally a deadly function, and somehow perciptate out the lead in a Lead Apatite compound (Pb9(PO4)6) which is insoluable in water, or ethanol/gas for that matter. Research has shown that this is a DNA mutation, and in theory can be shuttled out of the bacteria and could one day help us filter lead out of our bodies, and in our water supply. However, the tie in with your post is this, if the lead levels get too high, we will start having severe issues with lead contamination, and inversely, will kill off various fish and wild game/cattled game. Unfortunately, there isn't a big enough push to remove lead in the environment, since "we have managed to regulate a safe ammount we are exposed to, and also removed lead from our paints." This is a crushing blow, hopefully research will be completed by the time Lead is added back to automobiles (we'll all have to buy converters btw, our cars can no longer handle lead based fuel, hence why the big warning UNLEADED FUEL ONLY on cars.) I doubt much will happen, but if it does, expect to be hearing more about this research. Wonderful post by the way. There are bacteria which specialize in removing lead in the environment. They take Pb in as a 2+ cation which through unknown functions will spontaneously form a Lead Nitrate Compound (Pb2(PO4)3), this compound is 100% soluable in water, and is the most commmon way we are exposed to lead.

However, these bacterium, (Caulobacter, E. Coli, Vibrio Harvi, etc) will bring lead into their cell bodies which is normally a deadly function, and somehow perciptate out the lead in a Lead Apatite compound (Pb9(PO4)6) which is insoluable in water, or ethanol/gas for that matter.

Research has shown that this is a DNA mutation, and in theory can be shuttled out of the bacteria and could one day help us filter lead out of our bodies, and in our water supply.

However, the tie in with your post is this, if the lead levels get too high, we will start having severe issues with lead contamination, and inversely, will kill off various fish and wild game/cattled game.

Unfortunately, there isn’t a big enough push to remove lead in the environment, since “we have managed to regulate a safe ammount we are exposed to, and also removed lead from our paints.”

This is a crushing blow, hopefully research will be completed by the time Lead is added back to automobiles (we’ll all have to buy converters btw, our cars can no longer handle lead based fuel, hence why the big warning UNLEADED FUEL ONLY on cars.) I doubt much will happen, but if it does, expect to be hearing more about this research.

Wonderful post by the way.

]]> By: Chip http://joecrubaugh.com/blog/2006/12/10/bush-rapes-clean-air-act/comment-page-1/#comment-260 Chip Mon, 11 Dec 2006 01:24:25 +0000 http://joecrubaugh.com/blog/2006/12/10/bush-rapes-clean-air-act/#comment-260 Lead means car engines can be built with soft valve seats, allowing quicker valve activation and more horsepower. I'm all for it. Lead means car engines can be built with soft valve seats, allowing quicker valve activation and more horsepower. I’m all for it.

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