On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 16:47:55 -0700, Arri London
> scribbled some thoughts:



>
>We did it in a sealed system. No oxygen present.
>
>

Sealed system? So all the air was sucked out? Cool.


>
>Stars burn hydrogen.

We surmise they do from the photographic evidence, but could
not the atmosphere (Earth's and space dust) alter the
evidence? Even the Sun, our closest star is guessed that it
is hydrogen being burned, but it is so big that at best it
is mere speculation. Kinda a bummer that the satellite bit
the dust which could have given definite proof of the Sun's
nature, at least the solar flares.


>
>Burning hydrogen produces water in the presence of oxygen, as in H2O. No
>oxygen, no water produced.
>
>But this isn't the place to discuss this anyway LOL!


True.

>> Anyway, back to the point. Sodium and Salt are not the same
>> things.
>
>
>True, but common table salt is sodium chloride. In the presence of
>water, it dissociates into Na+ and Cl- ions. When someone needs to cut
>back on sodium (in certain medical conditions), it doesn't matter from
>where the Na+ originates. It can come from table salt or foods
>containing relatively large amounts of sodium (such as raw celery or raw
>carrots).
>
>If such are, then one could say (like the marketers
>> do when they say: Sodium/Salt needs to be cut back):
>>
>> "Oxygen/Water needs to be cut back, we consume too much of
>> it."
>>
>>
>You must not live in a desert. It's very easy to consume too much water
> And there is such a thing as water intoxication, which is consumption
>of too much water.
>Too much oxygen is also unhealthy in the long term. You did know the
>atmosphere you breathe is about 80 percent nitrogen and 20 percent
>oxygen?


Yeah, pure oxygen is sort of sweet smelling. Like
everything, too much of a good thing can be as bad as not
enough: Vitamin C, Vitamin A, Selenium, the necessary
poison.

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