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eitau_1today at 8:11 AM2 repliesview on HN

Can someone provide an explanation why CO2 concentrations above 1000 ppm have such a negative influence given the fact that CO2 concentration in lungs (at rest) never falls below 10000 ppm?


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fertoday at 8:15 AM

It simply makes the baseline higher. If you want to go to extreme cases, check carbogen

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbogen

Terr_today at 8:39 AM

I'm not a doctor, but I would consider it in terms of flow and throughput, rather than,—metaphorically—the amount of water the pipe can hold.

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