To all the people who are about to excitedly post about the proper use of the word ‘Freon,’ and explain refrigerants, I would like to preemptively say: stfu nerd.
Fun fact about Freon: its inventor, Charles Kettering also invented leaded gasoline. I've seen him referred to as the single organism with the largest negative environmental impact in history.
Yeah, I think you're right. His page even has the quote I was thinking of
Environmental historian J. R. McNeill opined that Midgley "had more adverse impact on the atmosphere than any other single organism in Earth's history"
Are you able to tag the appliances after you've huffed all the freon out? I've got an old fridge in the basement I need to get rid of but can't until I get someone out to extract the freon and put the evacuation certification tag on it.
I don't know about your area, but my city came and evacuated the refrigerant. Part of the waste collection department. Had to call the city, super easy barely an inconvenience.
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gigastasio@sh.itjust.works · 29 pts · 152d
To all the people who are about to excitedly post about the proper use of the word ‘Freon,’ and explain refrigerants, I would like to preemptively say: stfu nerd.
rImITywR@lemmy.world · 37 pts · 152d
Fun fact about Freon: its inventor, Charles Kettering also invented leaded gasoline. I've seen him referred to as the single organism with the largest negative environmental impact in history.
WhyIHateTheInternet@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 152d
...stfu nerd
Aqarius@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 151d
I think you're mixing him up with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Midgley_Jr.
rImITywR@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 151d
Yeah, I think you're right. His page even has the quote I was thinking of
icelimit@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 151d
That's in hindsight. But his inventions are by their own right, significant advancements.
skankhunt42@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 152d
Mom?
ikidd@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 151d
I raise you one HyperSpacePirate and say good day.
IcedRaktajino@startrek.website · 19 pts · 152d
Are you able to tag the appliances after you've huffed all the freon out? I've got an old fridge in the basement I need to get rid of but can't until I get someone out to extract the freon and put the evacuation certification tag on it.
DM me if you can help.
SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world · 3 pts · 152d
The landfill near me does this which is handy.
username_1@programming.dev · 2 pts · 152d
HikingVet@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 152d
I don't know about your area, but my city came and evacuated the refrigerant. Part of the waste collection department. Had to call the city, super easy barely an inconvenience.
Freon is a specific type of refrigerant.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 152d
Your city has a huffing department? What's it pay?
teslekova@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 151d
Oh really?
HikingVet@lemmy.ca · -1 pts · 151d
Yes. What are you getting at?
HikingVet@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 148d
healthyfungi@lemmy.blueberryicetea.com is a stalker
@otter@lemmy.ca @admin@lemmy.blueberryicetea.com @The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world
otter@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 148d
@healthyfungi@lemmy.blueberryicetea.com has been banned from our instances
The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 148d
I can't seem to find any of this user's posts/comments. Any chance they're already banned from .world?
HikingVet@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 148d
Vote manipulation
The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 148d
Oh, I see. I can only take mod action off of a comment or post, but I can shoot a message to the admins to look into it if you haven't already.
orenj@leminal.space · 5 pts · 152d
A man willing to huff freon is a relic of halcyon times, when the world was willing to work together for a common good. Husband him
nialv7@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 152d
Protector of the ozone layer.
MacaqueAndCheese@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 152d
Hell yeah buddy give me a hit of that
smuuthbrane@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 152d
Cyclopentane: not even once.
dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 152d
You'll have to eat the insulation foam if you want to go around getting high on cyclopentane. Or maybe smoke it.
WhyIHateTheInternet@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 152d
Some of you don't do hard drugs and it shows
dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 152d
You, uh, realize that's really not the dis you think it is, right?
WhyIHateTheInternet@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 152d
That's really the joke you don't think it is, right?
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 152d
Slovene85@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 152d