Spyke
sh.itjust.works

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.

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rImITywRreply
lemmy.world

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.

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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"

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That's in hindsight. But his inventions are by their own right, significant advancements.

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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.

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HikingVetreply
lemmy.ca

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.

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lemmy.world

I can't seem to find any of this user's posts/comments. Any chance they're already banned from .world?

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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.

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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

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