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could be harder to find something that sticks with the CO2 given the molecule sizes? CO2 is also relatively easy to monitor, so sensors + awareness of people li
by detaro 3y ago
could be harder to find something that sticks with the CO2 given the molecule sizes? CO2 is also relatively easy to monitor, so sensors + awareness of people living/working nearby should also cover a lot.
But both of course only would give better warning, not solve the challenge of dealing with the situation when it has happened.
- crazygringo 3y ago> CO2 is also relatively easy to monitor And yet we inexplicably don't monitor it at all. You can download apps to show you national and local levels of all sorts of pollutants... but not CO2. Outdoor CO2 is tracked at a single point on the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii... and that's pretty much it. It's bizarre. It's easy to buy an indoor CO2 monitor (I use one to determine when I should open my windows more/less to keep the air inside fresh), but at a local/national monitoring level it simply doesn't exist.
- diebeforei485 3y agoCO2 monitors are quite expensive for normal people. Good ones like the Aranet4 are in the $200 range.
- detaro 3y agoHaving an effective warning system is not reliant on "every person buys their own sensors". And compared to many other threats, effective CO2 sensors are very cheap, so a community that knows it needs them can do things.