Letter: Get the facts straight about oxygen
To the community,
I just couldn’t help writing re: Liana’s article on O2 depletion.
You should know she is beyond redemption. Saying O2 below 19.5 percent concentration is dangerous is ridiculous as the O2 equivalent at 6,000 feet — Tahoe’s elevation — is only 16 percent. I guess we are all zombies. Also, only one molecule of O2 is used to create CO2. Do you realize that if O2 was 30 percent forest fires would burn like no tomorrow.
People are entitled to their own opinions, but not their own facts.
Ken Weitzman, South Lake Tahoe
The more rarefied oxygen at 6000 feet does affect some people. That oxygen levels are steadily going down as pollutants and CO2 go up is being measured by several researchers and is not to be disputed.