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Increasing the CO2 concentration in the air we breathe, even by the relatively small amount caused by burning fossil fuels, has been shown to lower human cognit
by MadeThisToReply 5y ago
Increasing the CO2 concentration in the air we breathe, even by the relatively small amount caused by burning fossil fuels, has been shown to lower human cognitive function. Does that count as poisoning?
(Source: it's discussed in the book The Uninhabitable Earth, although I don't have a copy to hand so can't find the exact citations.)
- Ginden 5y ago> Increasing the CO2 concentration in the air we breathe, even by the relatively small amount caused by burning fossil fuels, has been shown to lower human cognitive function. Does that count as poisoning? Very minor cognitive impairment levels can happen in worst-case scenario in 2100 and assuming current increase of CO2 concentration over time, it shouldn't happen before 2300.
- philwelch 5y agoDon’t believe everything you read. Astronauts and submariners function in cognitively demanding jobs at an order of magnitude higher CO2 concentration than the Earth’s atmosphere for months on end.