Is Conference Room Air Making Us Dumber?
I own a CO2 monitor and it is shocking how high it can get in a house with two people just existing. 800 ppm or more.  Outside air is 410.<p>In a car with air on recirculate, it was getting to >1220 ppm, a level that impairs decision making and lowers brain function.  I try to drive with air on fresh from now on.<p>I don’t doubt the air in our conference room with 20 people gets super high in CO2 as the meeting goes on, and that would explain a lot of the horrible decisions and thought processes that happen in there. :) I’m going to bring my meter to the next meeting and see what it gets to.  We are a group of scientists so it won’t be awkward or weird.  If nothing else it will spark discussion and reflection on the decisions that are made there.