I've heard about the pending doom where anything with the letters
L-E-A-D right down to fishing sinkers will be outlawed and don't have an
opinion on how this might effect electronic solder. My one brief
experience with the sn/ag stuff leads me to think that plain old sn/pb
is going to remain as a favorite by popular vote if for no other reason
than the fumes created by the 'safer' alternative.

I wonder if lead tin solder will become like Freon 12, still in demand but now
15 dollars or more a can instead of 99 cents just a few yrs ago. Maybe its time
to stock up on few rolls of old style solder before it becomes a hoarded
overpriced item.