Yes, this is Darwinian selection in action, but remember…OXYGEN IS NOT FLAMMABLE IN AND OF ITSELF. Lighting a match in a room of pure oxygen will burn dramatically, but it’s the chemicals in the match and the wood in the matchstick that are burning, not the oxygen. Basic chemistry, look it up.
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Yes, this is Darwinian selection in action, but remember…OXYGEN IS NOT FLAMMABLE IN AND OF ITSELF. Lighting a match in a room of pure oxygen will burn dramatically, but it’s the chemicals in the match and the wood in the matchstick that are burning, not the oxygen. Basic chemistry, look it up.
Now this is one dumb SOB. A guy this old should know better. At least he can’t sue a tobacco company.
Juan you hit it right on the head. How many times have you heard this happening? Do the brains of smokers shrivel up with their lungs?
I’ll bet he’ll sue the oxygen supplier for failure to warn pure oxygen is flammable.
Potentially a Darwin award winner…
Another Gene Pool filter at work!