cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/52369691
According to the complaint, Toyota and its hydrogen partner, FirstElement Fuel (True Zero), intentionally concealed evidence of:
hydrogen leaks near hot engine components, creating explosion risks
sudden power loss, acceleration, and braking failures leading to collisions and injuries
a collapsing hydrogen infrastructure, leaving drivers stranded for weeks without access to fuel
aggressive financial collection tactics by Toyota Motor Credit Corporation, targeting owners of inoperable vehicles.
Airplane fuel is dangerous and full of lead. Every time people list disadvantages of alternative technologies, they pretend current fuels aren’t a toxic dangerous mess.
Jet fuel doesn’t contain lead and never did.
AvGas does still have a lead problem and it was commonly used before the jet age, but is now relegated to small general aviation aircraft - a miniscule percentage. If you look at aviation as a whole, leaded gas usage is effectively zero.
Really the problem comes down to contamination at and near small historical airfields.
Don’t forget the PFAS contamination from AFFF
You can always find more toxic stuff to worry about but fire fighting foam is independent of fuel toxicity and the concern is not lead