It is December 1928 and your name is Thomas Midgley, Jr.21 You have just invented a new
Question:
It is December 1928 and your name is Thomas Midgley, Jr.21 You have just invented a new miracle refrigerant composed of chlorinated fluorocarbons (CFCs) that will make your company a lot of money. At midnight on Christmas Eve you are visited by three spirits who show you your past, present, and future. In your future you discover that the chlorine in your miracle refrigerant will eventually destroy the Earth’s ozone layer and put the entire human race at risk. What do you do?
a. Claim the entire vision was due to a bit of undigested meat and forget it?
b. Run to the window and ask a passerby to go buy a large goose?
c. Destroy all records of your CFC work before anyone can use it?
d. Start work developing nonchlorinated hydrocarbon refrigerants? Give your solution using the Engineering Ethics Matrix.
Step by Step Answer:
Exploring Engineering An Introduction to Engineering and Design
ISBN: 978-0123747235
2nd edition
Authors: Philip Kosky, George Wise, Robert Balmer, William Keat