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Thomas Midgley Jr.: The man who almost destroyed the planet (twice)
- itodd 2y agoWhenever 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 2y agoVeritasium video There’s a great video on this by Veritasium https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IV3dnLzthDA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IV3dnLzthDA
- ranger_danger 2y agoI 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 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 2y agoBig related thread from about a year ago on the NYT Magazine article about Midgley https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35253962 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35253962