Resting Lich Face posted:

You know who else took a sixer earlier today, Burt?

SamsCola posted:

Speaking of airport fire foam, an airport fire truck was called to downtown Chicago to put out an underground electrical fire. I imagine both the foam and whatever was burning down there added some nasty stuff into the air...

The foam is pretty.

Mr. Nice! posted:

yeah, that looks like pkp which is the last thing you want for an electrical fire.

The Real Amethyst posted:

So what happens if you happen to be in the middle of the gigantic aircraft hanger and can't get to safety fast enough while millions of gallons of expanding foam rains down around you and piles up higher than the aircraft.

Just die I guess?

Resting Lich Face posted:

You know who else took a sixer earlier today, Burt?

shovelbum posted:

it's way less safe than halon tho?

madeintaipei posted:

Your mom?

Platystemon posted:

Did she get hazard pay?

ded posted:

gently caress pkp forever and always

WarpedNaba posted:

It was hazardous and she was paid. Maybe?

Thomamelas posted:

Kinda. Halon 1301 when exposed to a metal fire will start producing some nasty bi-products like HF. So it's not recommended for those. In more normal fires it's safe to breath but it can cause giddiness and impair thinking. But it won't give you cancer directly. But it is a CFC so when exposed to UV light tends to have long term negative effects on the ozone layer which can cause health issues. That's why it's not generally used any more.

Resting Lich Face posted:

oh gently caress she's gonna read my posts but also like drat that'd be kinda cool.

MikeCrotch posted:

Fun fact: the guy who invented CFCs would inhale a load and then use it to blow out a candle to show it was nontoxic and could put out fires.

As he was *also* the guy who invented tetraethyl lead he would pour that poo poo all over his hands to show it was fine, then wash it all off as soon as humanly possibly because he knew exactly how bad it was.

MikeCrotch posted:

Fun fact: the guy who invented CFCs would inhale a load and then use it to blow out a candle to show it was nontoxic and could put out fires.

As he was *also* the guy who invented tetraethyl lead he would pour that poo poo all over his hands to show it was fine, then wash it all off as soon as humanly possibly because he knew exactly how bad it was.

Pacra posted:

Dannywilson posted:

Thomas Midgley!

I actually was talking to my mom about him the other night and how the violent crime stats basically follow the reduction in the use of TEL by 18-22 years, and how he was basically the single most detrimental human to the species in the 20th century. She didn't believe me.

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Clara Immerwahr (21 June 1870 – 2 May 1915) was a German chemist of Jewish descent.[1] She was the first woman to be awarded a doctorate in chemistry in Germany, and is credited with being a pacifist as well as a women's rights activist.[2]

[…]

During World War I, Fritz Haber became a staunch supporter of the German military effort and played an important role in the development of chemical weapons (particularly poison gases). His efforts would culminate in his supervision of the first successful deployment of a weapon of mass destruction in military history, in Flanders, Belgium on 22 April 1915. Immerwahr spoke out against her husband's research as a “perversion of the ideals of science” and “a sign of barbarity, corrupting the very discipline which ought to bring new insights into life.” [14]

Shortly after Haber's return from Belgium, Immerwahr shot herself in the chest using Haber's military pistol. On 2 May 1915, she died in her son's arms.[9][10] The morning after her death, Haber left for the first gas attack against the Russians on the Eastern Front.[15][16]

Platystemon posted:

On my list he’s not even the single most detrimental chemist in the twentieth century, but that’s only because Fritz loving Haber existed. They both probably make the top ten, which is an incredible showing for chemists in a century that had two world wars, dozens of genocides, and the unleashed power of the atom.

The Lone Badger posted:

On the one hand he was a horrible horrible person, on the other hand without the Haber-Bosch process the world would be going a lot hungrier. From a pure consequentialist viewpoint he probably ends up negative harmful.

quote:

The Haber process consumes 3–5% of the world's natural-gas production (around 1–2% of the world's energy supply).

Platystemon posted:

You’ve got to look two steps ahead.

The Haber–Bosch process spared humanity from Famine in the medium term, only to set us up to be destroyed by Pestilence and Death in the form of climate change. And of course in the short term it literally caused explosions in War.

Devor posted:

In order to prevent the deaths of humans, we must destroy them all immediately

Is Skynet governed by OSHA or not

starkebn posted:

https://i.imgur.com/bNWMzwI.mp4

starkebn posted:

https://i.imgur.com/bNWMzwI.mp4

Cartoon Man posted:

https://i.imgur.com/2e3vZ3Q.mp4

Platystemon posted:

The Haber–Bosch process spared humanity from Famine in the medium term, only to set us up to be destroyed by Pestilence and Death in the form of climate change. And of course in the short term it literally caused explosions in War.

Memento posted:

Escalator hand rails are a lot stronger than I thought.

Platystemon posted:

That’s the most wholesome OSHA violation I’ve ever seen.

Platystemon posted:

That’s the most wholesome OSHA violation I’ve ever seen.

starkebn posted:

https://i.imgur.com/bNWMzwI.mp4

PHIZ KALIFA posted:

it is absolutely a boomer move to decide it's too much work to unshackle the boat by yourself so instead you spite drive the drat boat around holster and all