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> Environmental historian J. R. McNeill opined that Midgley "had more impact on the atmosphere than any other single organism in Earth's history" I can't stop
by ijidak 5y ago
> Environmental historian J. R. McNeill opined that Midgley "had more impact on the atmosphere than any other single organism in Earth's history"
I can't stop laughing when I read this.
But it is shocking that one human can have such an impact on Earth.
It's actually kind of scary.
What's to stop the next nut, perhaps in a country outside the reach of international law, from causing the same?
- lovecg 5y agoIt can work both ways though. A single person can also invent a scalable way to sequester CO2 for example.
- asdff 5y agoIt's a lot easier to burn things than to figure out how to unburn them though
- dennis_jeeves 5y agoCorrect, for most naive tech personality types, they think there is easy tech solution to everything if only one thought hard enough. Precaution is not too high on their list.
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