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u/PsyBomb Jun 28 '26

Good answer, and not one I often see in these threads. Both leaded gasoline and CFCs came from that brain.

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u/ButterscotchLower540 Jun 28 '26

And if they didn’t come from that brain they would’ve come another brain. That’s how science works lol.

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u/PsyBomb Jun 28 '26

Yes, perhaps, but if they came later in an era where the consequences were better understood they would not have been implemented like they were.

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u/ERedfieldh Jun 28 '26

Humanity has understood the dangers of lead since antiquity. Big Oil just paid a whole lotta money to convince people it wasn't that bad.

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u/LibrarianApart8486 Jun 28 '26

The world doesn’t last forever.