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And a moment of Vonnegut:
See "Fire Safety Oxygen/Fire Codes;"sophiecentaur said:Overdosing on O2
...for perhaps 10 ms (Schuman resonance), first lightning strike; there might be an argument for 50 % higher atmospheric pressure, but what that might be...TeethWhitener said:Atmospheric O2 was 50% higher 300 Mya:
I think Vonnegut weathers a lot better than Groucho Marx.hutchphd said:And a moment of Vonnegut:
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I guess reading my link was too much to ask, so here’s a picture:Bystander said:See "Fire Safety Oxygen/Fire Codes;"
...for perhaps 10 ms (Schuman resonance), first lightning strike; there might be an argument for 50 % higher atmospheric pressure, but what that might be...
There is definitely some upper limit to stable atmospheric oxygen proportion, whatever it happens to be.TeethWhitener said:The atmospheric pressure was the same. The fraction of oxygen in the atmosphere was closer to 30% than the current 20%. This is well-established geologically.