obiwan...
Not sure if the "first" bible was in Hebrew...I see where you are coming from, but am pretty sure it was Aramaic (sp?)
I was once told by someone who should know that the polluter actually issuing the largest amount of lead into the atmosphere was....the US (and others) General Aviation aircraft. Apparently everyone else use unleaded fuel...but not aircraft. Not sure if that is still the case, but it was back in 2001.
He advocated the use of ethanol in all internal combustion engines. He even used to (probably still does) fly around the world in his Pitts doing aerobatics with the aircraft only fuelled with ethanol.
Ethanol can be made out of just about anything that biodegrades, is cheap and effective, and can be made by just about anyone. Most of the furore about the stuff eating away cars fuel lines was media (read oil company) scare mongering.