CO2 Brain

I have added a section with all the References from my book and links to the sources. You can find it here.

I was honored to meet Her Majesty Queen Maxima, T.R.H. Crown Prince Frederik, and Crown Princess Mary. Both Her Majesty Queen Maxima and T.R.H. Crown Princess Mary received a copy of my book, “Atmosphere, CO2 on my mind”, and I hope they will enjoy reading it. Seldomly have I been so nervous about meeting a group of people as last week. Fortunately, it turned out that the royals were well informed and very interested in sustainability and climate change.

Rising temperatures and ocean levels are bad enough. But there is also a health impact on the human body and mind.

For those who still can not see the sense of urgency, maybe such arguments can finally convince them. That was my motivation for writing a book about this subject.

In the book, you can find more than 100 references to scientific papers that document the impact of CO2 on the human body.

I feel this subject is highly relevant, and therefore, I decided to make a pdf copy available for download.

Any feedback would be greatly appreciated 🙏, and you can contact me at:

co2brains (at) gmail (dot) com

Now you can also get my book on Barnes & Noble as an e-Book:

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/atmosphere-daniel-lux/1141054548?ean=9788797376218

From the Backside:

Have you ever been in a room where the air gets heavy – like a classroom?

At first, it becomes challenging to concentrate, and drowsiness slowly sets in. Then, a headache appears, and you might even have a hard time breathing. What a relief when a window is opened or you step outside and get fresh air!

Increased levels of CO2 in the air that we breathe are the cause of these effects. Climate change means that there will be no escape from these conditions for our children, not even in fresh, outdoor air.

During human evolution, CO2 levels have never been as high as today. Historic mass extinction events occur at times with drastic changes in the composition of the air that we breathe. What will the consequences be for life on earth due to the current changes?

“Atmosphere, CO2 on my mind” will give you a sound basis for understanding the health implications of rising CO2 levels on the human body, what role CO2 played during the evolution of life on earth, and what we should do to avoid disaster.

The book “ATMOSPHERE, CO2 on my mind” is now available on Amazon:

For Kindle, as a paperback, and as Hardcover:

Many towns are in the danger zone!

As depicted in the illustration above, we can sometimes experience conditions with highly increased levels of CO2 in the atmosphere. This occurs in certain weather conditions, where there is little wind combined with the lack of rain. The air is not well circulated, and thus the exchange with cleaner air does not happen. These are the same conditions that also cause what we call smog. Some towns are more in danger of such domes. Towns that are located in a valley have a higher risk of bad air, as their location acts as a bowl where air pollution can be collected. Towns where hills shield from the wind are also at risk.

Read the full article on Medium.

Many adults have experienced the effects of alcohol. But not so many have experienced the effects that CO2 has on the body, right? Wrong! Actually, most of us have been in poorly ventilated meeting rooms. First you become less and less concentrated. Then we start feeling tiredness. Some of us might even doze off. In some rare cases, the room might be so badly ventilated, that we even start getting headaches. All of these effects are related to elevated levels of CO2.

Read the full article on Medium.

Global trade has grown massively over the last 20 years. This has resulted in a de facto export of CO2 production, especially to the developing countries. This export of CO2 has resulted in constant or even decreasing CO2 production in our part of the world, while we have experienced increasing consumption of goods.

China, which is one of the world’s largest emitters of CO2, consumes only goods that make up approx. 15% of the emitted CO2. The rest is exported, mainly to the US and Europe.

There are mainly 2 problems associated with the current system. The first problem is that local producers are becoming less competitive. The local producers have to pay CO2 taxes and taxes related to the transport of goods. External suppliers can avoid much of these expenses. The other problem is that in our part of the world we are responsible for some CO2 production that we are not accounted for. The goods that are consumed by us do not appear in our CO2 accounts.

Therefore, it would make sense that imports of goods should also require CO2 quotas. This would give a more accurate picture of our CO2 consumption.

Whether you want to buy CO2 quotas when importing goods or simply canceling CO2 quotas on import of goods is an inflamed political theme. If importers were to pay for CO2 quotas, this would be seen as a trade barrier or duty. Goods would be more expensive, but the effect on the reduction of CO2 would be significantly greater and thus give a substantial positive effect on the climate. A one-sided cancellation of allowances is also possible, but would make local production even less competitive.

Whatever is chosen, a unilateral effort gives very little meaning. Co2 emissions and the consequences for our climate are a global challenge and we must work with our trading partners, both for the sake of our companies’ competitiveness and for the sake of the climate. A change could however start in the EU.

Are our politicians ready to start such a process?

As one of the first actions for CO2 brains we would like to assemble an advisory board of scientist, experts and other interested parties.

If you feel a calling to participate in this endeavor, please contact me: daniel[at]co2brains[dot]org .