"gasoline engines cause is CO2, which is completely non-toxic to humans."
I believe you're thinking of CO (but it's still toxic). Hemoglobin will uptake CO more readily than O2, and will kill you quite rapidly. Although C02 is definitely a byproduct, the CO will kill you before you experience CO2 poisoning.
CO2 is most definitely toxic. Why do you think our bodies expirate it? OSHA considers anything above 6% concentration in the local beathable environment deadly (because it lowers the O2 concentration below 19.5%).
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phil @ Nov 11th 2006 9:57PM
"gasoline engines cause is CO2, which is completely non-toxic to humans."
I believe you're thinking of CO (but it's still toxic). Hemoglobin will uptake CO more readily than O2, and will kill you quite rapidly. Although C02 is definitely a byproduct, the CO will kill you before you experience CO2 poisoning.
CO2 is most definitely toxic. Why do you think our bodies expirate it? OSHA considers anything above 6% concentration in the local beathable environment deadly (because it lowers the O2 concentration below 19.5%).