RE:CO2

Michael.Chamberland (23274MJC@MSU.EDU)
Fri, 03 Mar 95 16:38 EST

With all this talk about creative ways to supply CP with CO2, I am
surprised that this simple technique hasn't been brought up...

Plants take up CO2 and give off O2 while photosynthesizing. Animals
respire and use O2, giving off CO2. The obvious way to capitalize on this
is to construct a sort of "gas mask" to funnel the air you exhale in to
the CP terrarium, and to funnel the terrarium air back to you to replenish
with O2. A military-style gas-mask fitted with rubber intake/outake hoses
could be constructed. This could be worn to bed to feed the plants for a
full 8 hours. Better yet, the whole family, even the dog, could be suited
up with these masks for the night! :-)

Yeah, I know, there is a flaw in this... plants respire at night
too. Dang! another great idea killed by an evil-minded fact.

Michael