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0 pointsscarecrowbob1y ago0 comments

I mean, you could invent tetraethyl gasoline and CFCs.... you don't have to be super wealthy for that, but getting the world to adopt them in horribly harmful ways certainly takes capital.

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CamperBob21y ago

CFCs are easily a net win, as they made refrigeration (and consequently food preservation) practical, cheap and safe.

TEL, though, yeeeeah... that was a bad move.

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0 pointsscarecrowbob1y ago0 comments

I mean, you could invent tetraethyl gasoline and CFCs.... you don't have to be super wealthy for that, but getting the world to adopt them in horribly harmful ways certainly takes capital.

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CamperBob21y ago

CFCs are easily a net win, as they made refrigeration (and consequently food preservation) practical, cheap and safe.

TEL, though, yeeeeah... that was a bad move.

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