Thomas Midgley Jr.: The man who almost destroyed the planet (twice)(cnn.com)
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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
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Veritasium video
There’s a great video on this by Veritasium
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IV3dnLzthDA
There’s a great video on this by Veritasium
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IV3dnLzthDA
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.
Big 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
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?