So you want to use plants to reduce indoor CO₂

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Humans make carbon dioxide. Carbon dioxide is bad for cognition. But plants turn carbon dioxide back into oxygen. And plants are the one true home decoration strategy. So maybe if you get a lot of plants, you can you can keep carbon dioxide in check and keep your brain working? It's theoretically possible. It's probably just barely possible in practice. But it won't be easy. People produce ~1 kilogram of carbon dioxide per day. That's around 5.7 × 10²³ molecules or 0.948 moles per hour. (You may...

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