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ah yes, the "one-man environmental disaster" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Midgley_Jr https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Midgley_Jr.

• noobermin 3y ago
  Dear god, reading that bio is a horror story. While you can blame Midgley somewhat he was definitely enabled by the oil companies.
• BD103 3y ago
  > Environmental historian J. R. McNeill stated that he "had more adverse impact on the atmosphere than any other single organism in Earth's history."
  • ironmagma 3y ago
    Only made possible by the millions going along with what that one individual did. This guy was like a hacker moving fast and breaking things, had no clue what he was doing. Nobody does when they build things for the first time.
    • stemlord 3y ago
      That speaks more negatively to that tired SV motto than it speaks positively to the leaded gasoline guy.
      • ironmagma 3y ago
        Yes, it's not intended to be a positive sentiment, just an observation about the great organism that is all of humanity.
  • EmuAGR 3y ago
    Maybe that quote should've referred to the first photosynthetic organism... (due mostly to reproduction than ability itself).