I tried 8 hour energy and aspirin but that doesn't always do the trick. Nasonex seems to help a little but that's not always enough. Ghost of Forums Past fucked around with this message on 10-24-2010 at 08:20 PM.
I'm thinking of buying some baking soda to act as an oder absorber
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Karnaj wrote, obviously thinking too hard:
Isn't CO2, like, necessary for photosynthesis?
Right but when there's too much carbon dioxide in the air humans tend to get side effects such as headaches and fatigue.
I have to spend a lot of time at an area with rather high levels of CO2. I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions as to how cope with this for an extended period of time.
I was looking for suggestions to alleviate (or mitigate) the effects of high levels of CO2. The obvious answer is to get a bunch of plants to reduce the CO2 levels to 1,000PPM but the plants aren't filtering enough to come even close to that. I was hoping for suggestions of medications to take to help the body tolerate higher levels of CO2. Ghost of Forums Past fucked around with this message on 10-24-2010 at 08:56 PM.
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Peter said:
Where the hell are you?
Quoting this.
Are you on a secret space station and your equipment is failing?
Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite. - John Kenneth Galbraith
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Karnaj had this to say about Knight Rider:
Or is there a gas leak in your house or something?
70ish year office that is supposed to be demolished and replaced - eventually.
The "replacement building" is already constructed and filled with people. There's no room for those of us who were supposed to be transfered there in the first place.
There was just another test about how bad the building we are in is. A few people in middle management are trying to push to get things fixed now. This is the third time people are trying to fix it since I moved into it and to be honest the cruelest thing they can do is give is hope because nothing good ever comes of it.
While all the politics are being pushed this way and that behind the scenes I still need to find a way to help my body cope with these conditions because in reality nothing's going to happen. People are most likely going to realize how bad things are, schedule another plan to fix it and have that plan go horribly askew (after the people who originated the plan are long gone but we are still here). It happened before and it will happen again.
I'm taking nasonex. I'm using air purifiers for the eight hours a day I'm allowed to (mandated cost saving measures prohibit me form running them 24/7). I'm using oxygenating plants. It's not enough. We need open windows or a decent HVAC (or at least clean filters/vents) and that's just not going to happen - so I need advice on other ways to cope. Ghost of Forums Past fucked around with this message on 10-25-2010 at 07:41 AM.
Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite. - John Kenneth Galbraith
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There was much rejoicing when Karnaj said this:
Call the fire department, tell them you smell gas inside the building.
Alternatively, OSHA.
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Everyone wondered WTF when Greenlit wrote:
Alternatively, OSHA.
This. Emphatically this.
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Peter fucked around with this message on 10-25-2010 at 03:42 PM.
Or Probably tell the owners they need to do maintenance on the building's furnace, given that buildings really are not that flipping airtight to hold that much extra CO2 from respiration, and they probably have a hosed air handling unit or heater or something.
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Blindy.'s unholy Backstreet Boys obsession manifested in:
How exactly did you expect a particulate filter to remove a carbon atom from a pair of oxygen atoms?
I do believe he mentioned they are their to take out the dust/soot from the air, don't believe he meant for them to remove co2...
or stop burning things in your office. I have no idea why you'd be experiencing high CO2 levels like that. Are you sure it's CO2? Liam fucked around with this message on 10-25-2010 at 09:12 PM.
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Liam wrote, obviously thinking too hard:
Are you sure it's CO2?
They released the numbers on all areas of the study. Everything was in the red. The only exception is that they refused to discuss asbestos levels, so that's an unknown. I mean, it's in the building, but they refuse to test to see if any is airborne (or won't disclose the results if they did).
To reiterate "open a window" isn't an option nor is getting the HVAC fixed. Some people did figure out that we can get some filters washed when items fail due to clogged filters (such as the AC), but we have to call it in - standard maintenance just isn't going to happen.
The resources allocated to help us went into building a replacement building but that was filled with other people so there's no room for us. The driving force in the attempt to move us passed away from cancer so that's pretty much a dead end anyhow.
Also, I forgot to mention if anyone has any advice on staying cool on very dry air in the mid 80's. It's draining. Right now I run cold water over my wrists if it gets too bad, but other tips would be great. (I know this part sounds like whining, it's just that I don't function well in the heat).
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Everyone wondered WTF when Liam wrote:
get more plants, sheesh.
Any advice on what plants produce the most net oxygen over time?
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Peter had this to say about pies:
Or Probably tell the owners they need to do maintenance on the building's furnace, given that buildings really are not that flipping airtight to hold that much extra CO2 from respiration, and they probably have a hosed air handling unit or heater or something.
Middle management is pushing for things like this but they are being ignored.
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There was much rejoicing when Peter said this:
I do believe he mentioned they are their to take out the dust/soot from the air, don't believe he meant for them to remove co2...
This Ghost of Forums Past fucked around with this message on 10-26-2010 at 10:35 PM.
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Ghost of Forums Past stopped beating up furries long enough to write:
Any advice on what plants produce the most net oxygen over time?
But, and this is a big but, plants actually consume oxygen and produce CO2 at night. So unless you can leave the lights on in your office for the majority of the day, more plants might actually be counterproductive.
Edit: This is why having alot of plants in your bedroom, is a bad idea, btw. Tarquinn fucked around with this message on 10-27-2010 at 02:39 AM.
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