YOur body is pretty neat machine- when you breath co2 you get paranoid,
and your breathing gets really fast and deep & your heart starts to race.
Ever sleep in a tent and get like 4' of snow at night. Been there, done
that. scarry as GWB.
But for CO, you don't feel it happenign and you get a bit light headed
and sleepy. Bad, very bad.

I think Dr. Jack Kavorkian used CO as one of his death machines.

Now as a chemist, CO is a pretty cool molecule, but that is for a
different listserv!

-Matthew

Matthew Pollard          "Racing with the wind and flirting with death
Dept. Of Chemistry        So have a cup of coffee and catch your breath"
University of Idaho
www.uidaho.edu/~poll7356

On Wed, 31 Oct 2001, Ken Hartz wrote:

> Much to my chagrin, I humbly stand corrected on my prior statement concerning
> the relative weights of air and carbon monoxide (CO)!  CO is lighter than
> air, ie rises.  (Pets everywhere can breathe a collective sigh of relief) ...
> CO is a by-product of incomplete combustion, however, carbon dioxide (CO2) is
> also a by-product ... and CO2 is heavier than air (Pets everywhere pay
> attention now).  And unless you're a plant or alien, breathing too much CO2
> is definitely not a healthy thing to do.
>
> Egg wiping complete, face still a bit sticky...
>
> Ken Hartz
>