No, the body registers the buildup of CO2 as the trigger for the “oh shit I’m suffocating!” response. CO is such a dangerous gas, and you hear about people dying from it when things burn inefficiently, because it just makes you go dizzy and sleepy, then pass out and suffocate.
It’s supposedly the most humane method of execution.
wouldn’t that rather be carbon monoxide poisoning?
Doesn’t CO poisoning trigger the mechanisms against suffrocation?
No, the body registers the buildup of CO2 as the trigger for the “oh shit I’m suffocating!” response. CO is such a dangerous gas, and you hear about people dying from it when things burn inefficiently, because it just makes you go dizzy and sleepy, then pass out and suffocate.