Ask HN: Do you measure and/or mitigate CO2 in your living space?

Re:Ask HN: Do you measure and/or mitigate CO2 in your living... by neilv on Monday December 05, 2022 @07:28AM (#33864712)

I stopped using my gas stove about 3 years ago, after it seemed to be causing histamine problems. It was only later that read that this was a known problem, rather than only a bizarre correlation I noticed. I now use an electric air fryer toaster oven, which causes only small particle increases.

I recently got a semi-credible-looking non-IoT air quality monitor (CO2, TVOC, PM1, PM2.5, temp, humidity). I can't say how good the self-calibration is, but when the readings vary up/down usually seems to make a lot of sense.

For CO2 (and other air quality concerns in this problematic old student apartment, in a crazy university neighborhood housing market), I almost always have a couple windows cracked open.

And, if I haven't had a central window open wide for awhile, I'll try a large air exchange with outside, by opening many windows wide for a few minutes.

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Re:Ask HN: Do you measure and/or mitigate CO2 in your living... by shlant on Monday December 05, 2022 @07:53AM (#33864959)

> after it seemed to be causing histamine problems

Interesting. My wife and I both realized over the pandemic that we are histamine sensitive (her much moreso than me). We have had the symptoms most of our lives but I do wonder is gas stoves make it worse. We stay in places with gas stoves sometimes, often with poor ventilation in the kitchen. I will have to see if there is any correlation of the severity of our symptoms.

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Re:Ask HN: Do you measure and/or mitigate CO2 in your living... by emrvb on Monday December 05, 2022 @08:25AM (#33865288)

I've had similar issues, but since I also experienced it near electric stoves it wouldn't be caused by the burning of gas.

I've hypothesized it is caused by overheating cooking oil.

Before induction cooking, gas stoves generally used to be able to provide more heat than electric ones. So its easier to cook hotter and burn more oil with those stoves.

Might be something else entirely in your case.

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Re:Ask HN: Do you measure and/or mitigate CO2 in your living... by neilv on Monday December 05, 2022 @09:42AM (#33866243)

FWIW, I was seeing it only with boiling pasta and vegetables in stainless pot on a newish gas stove. (Sometimes draining and then heating with olive oil in it, but on a lower temp.)

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