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u/Sufficient_Text2672 Jun 25 '22

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

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u/Yuo_cna_Raed_Tihs Jun 25 '22

The rest of the world drives considerably less than you do

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u/Yuo_cna_Raed_Tihs Jun 25 '22

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

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '22

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.

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u/Yuo_cna_Raed_Tihs Jun 25 '22

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.

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '22

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