[fireman15]

Your blog is wonderful and has some very good information and explanations that I hope many people will see. I hope that you will not be offended... I only want your blog to be as effective as possible. As a member of a hazmat team I offer the following constructive criticism.

You might think about rewording part of your explanation about carbon monoxide. I think it is a little confusing and gives the false impression that carbon is a poisonous substance which plays into the propaganda of the alarmists.

“Carbon Monoxide is what cars and trucks give off in the combustion of gasoline or diesel. This has too much carbon in it for an animal to survive very long if no fresh-air is available.”

Carbon Monoxide actually makes up a very low percentage (less than 0.7%) of car exhaust even before it has gone through the catalytic converter. Most of the exhaust is made up of carbon dioxide and water vapor. The problem is that just 667 parts per million (0.067% of total gas volume) of carbon monoxide may cause up to 50% of the body's hemoglobin to convert to carboxyhemoglobin, which may result in seizure, coma, and fatality.

Just as with hydrogen cyanide gas (HCN), Carbon Monoxide (CO) kills because it is poisonous not because it has “too much carbon”. They kill through different processes but the proportion of the elements in their molecules very relevant.

[fireman15]

Please excuse my typo... the proportions of the elements in Carbon Monoxide (Carbon and Oxygen) and Hydrogen Cyanide Gas(Hydrogen Carbon and Nitrogen) is not very relevant to their poisonous properties. Hydrogen, Carbon, Nitrogen, and Oxygen are just the building blocks that these gasses are made of.

[Paul Pierett]

Thank you,

May I quote your words in my web page on that topic?

Paul

[Paul Pierett]

Thank you,

May I quote your words in my web page on that topic?

Paul