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Here is some proof that the answer to that question is surely "Not very well". I guess Algore wouldn't agree with me but I think that this one tells us a lot more about it all than either the government or media have.
Hypercapnia or hypercapnea (from the Greek hyper = "above" and kapnos = "smoke"), also known as hypercarbia, is a condition where there is too much carbon dioxide (CO2) in the blood.
Symptoms and signs of early hypercapnia include flushed skin, full pulse, tachypnea, dyspnoea, extrasystoles, muscle twitches, hand flaps, reduced neural activity, and possibly a raised blood pressure. According to other sources, symptoms of mild hypercapnia might include headache, confusion and lethargy. Hypercapnia can induce increased cardiac output, an elevation in arterial blood pressure, and a propensity toward arrhythmias.[5][6] In severe hypercapnia (generally PaCO2 greater than 10 kPa or 75 mmHg), symptomatology progresses to disorientation, panic, hyperventilation, convulsions, unconsciousness, and eventually death.[7][8]
Humans will begin to be effected when concentrations exceed about 4%, I think around 7 or 8% it becomes lethal. The cure is fresh air, don't confuse it with the more deadly CO. At the current rate of increase it would take almost 40,000 years before we would get to a 4% level.
Humans will begin to be effected when concentrations exceed about 4%, I think around 7 or 8% it becomes lethal. The cure is fresh air, don't confuse it with the more deadly CO. At the current rate of increase it would take almost 40,000 years before we would get to a 4% level.
Yes, according to Wikipedia: The U.S. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health states that carbon dioxide concentrations exceeding 4% are immediately dangerous to life and health although physiological experiments show that such levels can be tolerated for some time.
While, like you say, it may take some time for the average level of CO2 in the atmosphere to reach the 4% or so,(currently it is about 0.04%) the burning of fossil fuels since the 1800s(industrialization) has increased the level of CO2 in the atmosphere by about 40% since that time. Along with the increase in the burning of fossil fuels, the average global temperature since 1900 has increased by about 1.2 degrees Fahrenheit. So while it may take a while for the carbon dioxide to reach a level where it immediately affects our health, fossil fuel emissions are speeding that time frame up. Unfortunately, one could say that we are already being affected by the rise in carbon dioxide levels through the climate changes we are experiencing.
While, like you say, it may take some time for the average level of CO2 in the atmosphere to reach the 4% or so,......
I didn't say it will take "some time", I said 40,000 years. We couldn't even do it if we wanted because there isn't enough fossil fuel material on the planet to reach those levels.
It's the sun and not humans. Of course there is climate change and carbon dioxide in the air.
Anyway you all make them close down places like China and India first where they use no filters and pollute like it is ordained by god to do so.
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