Thomas Midgley Jr.: The man who almost destroyed the planet (twice)

https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/24/world/thomas-midgley-jr-leaded-gas-freon-scn/index.html

by isaacfrond • 2 years ago

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itodd• 2 years ago

Whenever I have a brain fart, my 12 year old daughter loudly and sarcastically thanks Thomas. Words can't express how much I appreciate her sense of humor.

alberth• 2 years ago

Veritasium video

There’s a great video on this by Veritasium

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IV3dnLzthDA

ranger_danger• 2 years ago

I wonder what people think about the claim that lead was actually introduced to prevent the Pogue carburetor from becoming viable?

If you read about it the consensus apparently was that it didn't actually work, however other articles claim that both Ford and the Breen Motor Company, as well as multiple auto dealers in Winnipeg, tested and publicly demonstrated it achieving 200mpg.

https://fuel-efficient-vehicles.org/energy-news/?page_id=986

Of course people can claim all these words were wrong or made up, but has anyone in recent years actually tried to make it work?

pvg• 2 years ago

Big related thread from about a year ago on the NYT Magazine article about Midgley

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35253962

Thomas Midgley Jr.: The man who almost destroyed the planet (twice)

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