From: Paul@Houston.Texas   
      
   Xeno wrote:   
   > Paul in Houston TX  wrote:   
   >> Woozy Song wrote:   
   >>> I only found one paper where they measured this. It was a 1971 car   
   >>> versus a 2003 car, and the modern car had 12% the CO of the old car. But   
   >>> that old car would presumably have been quite primitive (carburetor,   
   >>> fixed valve timing et cetera) and the newer car would have spewed out   
   >>> less CO without the cat anyway.   
   >>   
   >> According to the internet, a typical new cat will remove 90% to 99% of   
   >> CO.  The Equalizer movie star would have to leave the bad guy in the car   
   >> for 24 hours instead of 24 minutes to suffer from CO inhalation.   
   >>   
   >   
   > Not at all. The CO2 concentration would have done him in long before then -   
   > as long as he was already unconscious. Were he conscious and able to freely   
   > move, he would have exited the car long before CO had any negative effect.   
   > Look up how CO2 affects people and you’ll know where I’m heading with   
   this.   
   > ____   
   > Xeno   
      
   Yes. It was my poor attempt at humor.   
   I just watched that stupid movie and it was on my mind.   
      
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