Re: xkcd: Good and Bad Ideas

In article <v1e9i1$3gl7l$1@dont-email.me>,
 Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:

xkcd: Good and Bad Ideas
    https://xkcd.com/2929/
 
We would have lost WWII without leaded gasoline. 

The Germans had leaded gasoline and they lost.

The bombers and fighters both required 100+ octane gasoline which was only
achievable using massive quantities of tetra-ethyl lead in those days.

What about the processes of cracking longer hydrocarbon chains down to 8
carbon chains?

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