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[–] Klear 51 points 5 days ago (9 children)

There was the guy who came up with the idea of putting lead into petrol, only to see the environmental devastation. He pledged to make something good to compensate and came up with using freons in refrigeration.

He didn't live ling enough to learn of how this blew a huge hole in the ozone layer, because he died tangled in wires of a special bed he designed.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 days ago (1 children)

To be fair, refrigeration also saved lives. Just because there was a major negative side Effekt doesn't mean it wasn't a good invention.

[–] Klear 8 points 5 days ago

Yet if there's a single organism that has caused the most environmental damage in all of history of the planet, it has to be him.

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