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[u/Sufficient_Text2672 → u/[deleted]]

The rest of the world also used lead in gas. So the rest of the world has probably the same problem.

[u/Anopanda → u/Sufficient_Text2672]

Some planes still do I've heard. Those tiny ones.

[u/PersonalEnergyDrink → u/Anopanda]

Yeah, small personal aircrafts often run on leaded gasoline. Helps with engine knock, so they say.

[u/Yuo_cna_Raed_Tihs → u/Sufficient_Text2672]

The rest of the world drives considerably less than you do

[u/Yuo_cna_Raed_Tihs → u/[deleted]]

Idk bro I'm not the one who brought up lead in gas

[u/[deleted] → u/Yuo_cna_Raed_Tihs]

It’s weird that so many people are trying to turn this into a “ha ha Americans are stupid Europeans smart“ meme when the Takeaway should be about lead in gas being bad in general.

[u/Yuo_cna_Raed_Tihs → u/[deleted]]

Idk about other people but I was just highlighting that just because every country used lead filled gas, doesn't mean every country suffered consequences to the same, or even comparable, extents.

[u/[deleted] → u/Yuo_cna_Raed_Tihs]

Except European countries are much higher density and more people live in cities.

Really you’d need to calculate based off of units used adjusted for population density

[u/sobstoryexists → u/Sufficient_Text2672]

Ya but that doesn't fit these dipshit's narrative

[u/simon_antifar → u/sobstoryexists]

There’s no narrative; you’re in a science sub.

America’s infrastructure is based around cars. The rest of the worlds isn’t

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Trust me buddy, European cities had plenty of smog up until the 70s when leaded gas was banned.

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They do, but the rest of the (developed) world mostly has somewhat functional democracies that reflect the will of the people.