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Pure nitrogen doesn't raise your blood CO2.
Oh, is that what you think? And how do you suppose the carbon dioxide is going to be removed from the body?
CO2 binds with hemoglobin in the blood. It's only removed by the force of oxygen. Hemoglobin has a greater affinity for oxygen than carbon dioxide, and so it released the CO2 in order to receive the O2. Without oxygen, hemoglobin will not release the carbon dioxide, which will indeed build up just the same.
No mention of "force of oxygen" in your link.
I guess it was a little to technical for you. Okay, let's take a step back for the morons in the room.
Bohr effect - Wikipedia
The Bohr effect increases the efficiency of oxygen transportation through the blood. After hemoglobin binds to oxygen in the lungs due to the high oxygen concentrations, the Bohr effect facilitates its release in the tissues, particularly those tissues in most need of oxygen. When a tissue's metabolic rate increases, so does its carbon dioxide waste production. When released into the bloodstream, carbon dioxide forms bicarbonate and protons through the following reaction:
CO2 + H2O <=> HSC03 <=> H+ + HCO-3
Although this reaction usually proceeds very slowly, the enzyme carbonic anhydrase (which is present in red blood cells) drastically speeds up the conversion to bicarbonate and protons. This causes the pH of the blood to decrease, which promotes the dissociation of oxygen from haemoglobin, and allows the surrounding tissues to obtain enough oxygen to meet their demands. In areas where oxygen concentration is high, such as the lungs, binding of oxygen causes haemoglobin to release protons, which recombine with bicarbonate to eliminate carbon dioxide during exhalation. These opposing protonation and deprotonation reactions occur in equilibrium resulting in little overall change in blood pH.
Your body can't expel carbon dioxide without inhaling oxygen to trigger hemoglobin to release the CO2 its bound to.
/——/ 100% oxygen is deadly too.You'd also pass out with 100% nitrogen.
I know,,,,,but that will be the day.,..
I think that has to be the prevailing attitude.Works for me. The sooner, the better. I only regret that they can't (death row prisoners) can't be forced to endure the same pain and terror as their victims.
They claim it is painless. Since there is ample supplies of nitrogen gas, this may be the path they all end up following. Seems now the deal is to ensure the convict does not suffer.Makes sense. 78% of our air is inert N2. It will feel just like breathing air but without the oxygen, he will lose consciousness, pass out and eventually die.
I think that firing squads are still feasible.I think that firing squads are perfectly fine!
Why they don't do that?
It's quick, very quick... it's a good way to dispose of them.
It sounds cruel and unusual. Typical for Bama.
The effect would rather be just like you were holding your breath except you are still breathing. It would be a little like hikers who climb Everest--- there would be ataxia, confusion, drowsiness, then a loss of consciousness, followed by death in another five minutes or so.They claim it is painless.
Pretty easy to create nitrogen: fill a bottle with air then burn off all the oxygen with a flame. All you are left with is 99% nitrogen + about 1% inert trace gases.Since there is ample supplies of nitrogen gas, this may be the path they all end up following.
I think that firing squads are still feasible.
The effect would rather be just like you were holding your breath except you are still breathing. It would be a little like hikers who climb Everest--- there would be ataxia, confusion, drowsiness, then a loss of consciousness, followed by death in another five minutes or so.
Pretty easy to create nitrogen: fill a bottle with air then burn off all the oxygen with a flame. All you are left with is 99% nitrogen + about 1% inert trace gases.
Actually, it doesn’t sound cruel at all.It sounds cruel and unusual. Typical for Bama.
You bleed them off. Since they are trace compounds, they vent to an area of lower density and evaporate away while the nitrogen stays as the nitrogen pressure is about the same in or out of the bottle.Where did the combustion products go?
