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Fun fact about Freon: its inventor, Charles Kettering also invented leaded gasoline. I’ve seen him referred to as the single organism with the largest negative environmental impact in history.

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WhyIHateTheInternet@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
…stfu nerd

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Aqarius@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
I think you’re mixing him up with en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Midgley_Jr.

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- rImITywR@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Yeah, I think you’re right. His page even has the quote I was thinking of
  
  Environmental historian J. R. McNeill opined that Midgley “had more adverse impact on the atmosphere than any other single organism in Earth’s history”
  
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icelimit@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
That’s in hindsight. But his inventions are by their own right, significant advancements.

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