It wasn’t a surprise when the EPA announced a proposed endangerment finding Oct. 7, 2022, for lead emissions from piston aircraft. Agency officials had given the general aviation community a lot of advanced warning that it was in the works.
But what does this announcement really mean? And what does it really mean for general aviation?
A proposed endangerment finding is one of the first steps the EPA must take to “curb emissions of carbon dioxide, methane, and other heat-trapping air pollutants from vehicles, power plants, and other industries.”
There are many, many more steps that the agency must take before it can ban 100LL, general aviation advocates noted.
“It’s important to note that today’s EPA announcement in no way bans or mitigates the use or sale of 100-low lead (100LL) fuel at any of the nation’s more than 5,000 public-use airports,” GA advocates said in a joint statement.
“Any ban of 100LL for piston-powered aircraft before an unleaded alternative is widely available poses a serious safety risk to pilots, carries economic consequences to thousands of local communities, and is a violation of current federal rules and regulations.”
The proposal from the EPA must first undergo public notice and comment. The EPA won’t issue a final endangerment finding until after all comments have been evaluated, probably sometime in 2023, according to agency officials.
Meanwhile, the GA community and the FAA have been working towards an unleaded future for many years. The latest initiative is known as EAGLE — Eliminate Aviation Gasoline Lead Emissions — which has the goal of getting rid of lead in all aviation fuel by 2030.
And the FAA recently approved a 100-octane unleaded fuel developed by General Aviation Modifications, Inc., in Oklahoma, for nearly all general aviation piston aircraft engines and airframes. Steps are now being taken by GAMI to move this fuel, known as G100UL, through the commercialization process.
In addition, Swift Fuels, an Indiana-based company, is making “significant progress on its 100-octane unleaded fuel solution and anticipates approval by the FAA in 2023,” according to the joint statement from the GA associations.
“Swift Fuels has already received approval for its 94UL fuel, which is in use today for aircraft engines that can fly on this lower octane fuel,” it adds.
“Moreover, progress is being made on unleaded fuels currently being evaluated by the FAA in its Piston Aviation Fuel Initiative program,” the statement continues. “Partnerships between Afton Chemical/Phillips 66 and Lyondell/VP Racing have each developed high-octane fuels as potential replacements for 100LL. Congress has provided more than $40 million for this testing and evaluation effort.”
Wait for the punchline at the end!
This is ALL part and parcel of the United Nations AGENDA 21 and AGENDA 2030 programmes and policies on sustainable development. Agenda 21 had its beginning at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), commonly called the Earth Summit. It was held in Rio de Jeneiro in June 1992 and convened by Canadian Power Broker Maurice Strong, Financier Edmund de Rothschild, and former EPA Administrator William Ruckleshaus AKA “Mr. Environment”, a former law partner with Perkins-Coie Seattle, and former Weyerhaeuser senior vice-president for law and corporate affairs at Tacoma-based Weyerhaeuser timber company.
Earth Summit 1992, entitled “IN OUR HANDS”, produced several long-range reports and implementation PLANS that serve as blueprints for UN international action on environmental issues, including the World Summit on Sustainable Development (Earth Summit 2002) and the Kyoto Protocol. Earth Summit 1992 produced the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development, the Statement of Forest Principles, and Agenda 21. The Earth Summit also led to the establishment of the Convention on Biological Diversity, and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
Agenda 21 is a comprehensive plan for intergovernmental agencies, national governments, local governments, and NGOs to work together to protect the environment through sustainable development. It contains four categories: Social and Economic Dimensions, Conservation and Management of Resources for Development, Strengthening the Role of Major Groups, and Means of Implementation. The United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development is primarily responsible for the implementation of Agenda 21.
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is an international treaty proposed at the Rio Earth Summit. The UNFCCC seeks to combat global climate change by reducing greenhouse-gas emissions. Over 190 nations have ratified the UNFCCC.
As lofty as all of these Earth Summit frameworks sound, there is a very, very dark side. For that side of the story, please watch GEORGE HUNT’s video from that time period, preserved here:
https://archive.org/details/GeorgeHuntUncedEarthSummit1992cobdenClubsPapersaldousHuxleythe_125/2-1-unUncedEarthSummit1992ByGeorgeHunt..mp4
As you will discover, United Nations “EARTH SUMMIT1992” and its AGENDA 21 and AGENDA 2030 dovetails and has the same control mechanisms as does the FAA’s “NEXT GEN” affair with ADSB. While cloaked in safety, it’s long term use will be controlling WHO flies in the “friendly skies”.
Get spooled up. Things are NOT how they may appear. The future of General Aviation is at stake.
My fear is that the EPA will start regulating aircraft.
Well, our friends in the FAA have sat on their asses for years knowing full well that this day will come