“[By 1965] the deluxe open-road care will probably be 20 feet long, powered by a gas turbine engine, little brother to the jet engine.” —Leo Cheren (Editor and Publisher of the Research Institute of America), 1955
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4 opinions for Stupid quote day: automobiles 2
Jean Mercedes
Feb 17, 2008 at 1:03 pm
“The gasoline additive ethyl is perfectly harmless to humans.” Thomas Midgley, ca. 1925, inventor of tetraethyl lead and CFCs.
Miki Saxon
Feb 17, 2008 at 1:56 pm
Oh Jean, that is priceless.I wonder how many of food additives will fall in the same category in years to come.
Jean Mercedes
Feb 18, 2008 at 12:10 am
Yeah…I love the fact that Midgley not only invented tetraethyl lead but also CFCs. It took years of protest to get both of those substances out of the marketplace. I learned about Midgley in a book by Bill Bryson called “A Short History of Nearly Everything”.
Miki Saxon
Feb 18, 2008 at 10:16 am
Ahhh, truly a man with the best intentions:)
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