greenleaf2

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   by greenleaf2 8y ago

   Most of the CO2 stays in the body, which ultimately means that significantly more O2 is used up than CO2 is introduced back into the air again. The comment about submarines is highly interesting to me, I will look into the studies! If you h
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   by greenleaf2 8y ago

   They probably do not move in direct tandem, because most of the CO2 stays in the body, which means a higher amount of oxygen is taken out of the air, then CO2 being reintroduced to it. Every time you breathe in, you not only breath in O2, b
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   by greenleaf2 8y ago

   No, the body does not use the same amount of oxygen, as the amount of CO2 it exhales. The amount of oxygen used is way higher. A person consumes 19 cubic feet of oxygen a day. Edit: I looked at the composition of inhaled and exhaled air, an
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   by greenleaf2 8y ago

   The symptoms of slight sub-clinical hypoxia are in line with the observed effects of people in high CO2 office rooms: headaches, concentration problems, tiredness, etc. In a closed small room, the oxygen is mostly used up after a couple of
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   by greenleaf2 8y ago

   There's one big problem with this entire idea of co2 levels affecting sleep quality or humans in general: Even though there are cognitive effects of CO2, most often the CO2 levels in indoor rooms are simply a sign of low oxygen levels.