CO2 asphyxiation is not kind. The effect of elevated CO2 blood levels is to make...

		denton-scratch on Nov 18, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Red meat is not a health risk. New study slams yea... CO2 asphyxiation is not kind. The effect of elevated CO2 blood levels is to make you panic that you are suffocating; you struggle for breath. Nitrogen gas is much kinder; you don't know that you are suffocating, you just pass out. (So be extra-vigilant around tanks of N2).