m Ransley wrote:
George thousands of people get sick from Co, not from being stupid or
negligent, just from lack of knowledge you and I posess.

My 82 year old neighbor complained to me of headaches, I thought she
was just a complainer, then as an idea I brought over my Co meter, It
registered 150, she got the furnace guy out who was out the last year
and he found big cracks in the exchanger and replaced the furnace. Many
older people cannot smell well and dismiss symptoms of Co as a cold. A
worker of mine complained of being sick, I loaned him my Co meter, it
was a partialy blocked flue. Birds sit on chimneys to get warm, die and
fall in. Equipment breaks, things happen . Co meters save lives and
keep people informed before big problems happen.


I have a CO meter; my wife insisted on it when we got a gas
furnace. But I still think it is silly for most people and
manufacture and sales is mostly just an opportunity for
someone to make money.

I take your point about old people. Eyesight and hearing
deteriorate to the point that they really can't know what is
going on, so a CO meter may be a good think for them.

However, most people can hear a change in motor sounds,
smell a change in air quality, detect a new odor, etc. My
feeling is that since the problem is so minor, if they just
don't care enough to investigate, let Darwin have his way.

CO isn't the only thing that kills, and those same
unconscious people probably have all sorts of toxic
chemicals under the sink easily available to their toddlers.
The number of kids dying from poisonings each year makes
CO poisoning a minuscule problem. The number of kids
wandering around unwatched and falling in canals, ponds, and
swimming pools to drowned also makes CO deaths minor. When
the house is burning down, you shouldn't be fixing a squeaky
door.