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The term is Inert Gas Asphyxiation, pretty much as you described. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inert_gas_asphyxiation https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inert_
by eth0up 4y ago
The term is Inert Gas Asphyxiation, pretty much as you described. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inert_gas_asphyxiation https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inert_gas_asphyxiation -- Approved by Exit International as a reasonably high quality method of permanently checking out
See also the 3.19.1981 Columbia incident: https://www.wired.com/2009/03/march-19-1981-shuttle-columbias-first-fatalities/ https://www.wired.com/2009/03/march-19-1981-shuttle-columbia...
Edit: to clarify that I'm not disagreeing with anything you've written nor am I attempting pedantry. Just adding a bit.
- Maursault 4y agoThanks for the links and the nomenclature. Not a bad way to go, but it's always so sad because these kinds of fatalities always seem to have been avoidable.
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- yarg 4y agoThere's a lake with a history of this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Nyos#1986_disaster https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Nyos#1986_disaster Apparently, it was known (or believed) by the locals to house an evil spirit.