| Where is the largest source of CO2 in the body?
With all this talk of Co2 detectors, scrubber duration and breakthrough, I've started thinking about what is the greatest source of Co2 in the body, and where is the greatest increase likely to come from. In other words, what specific area in the body is most likely to be the source of a big spike?
I’m thinking it’s the big muscle groups of the legs, by a long shot, like on the order of 10 times that of the rest of the body. Why is this important? Getting religious about finding a perch or a position on the shot line where your legs are not moving at all might be as important a part of the reaction protocol as flushing your loop. Without actually feeling like it, we are likely producing a lot of CO2 in our legs even without working them that hard. So, for whatever it’s worth, if you are in a situation where you are sensing a CO2 issue I’m thinking it would be most prudent to focus on getting your legs still over any other part of the body, till you catch your breath and the symptoms reside.
Anyone who could confirm or deny the value in this thinking?
__________________ Gill Envy
...Because I wasn't born with gills! 
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