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From: jwz@SPICE.CS.CMU.EDU.UUCP
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Subject: fast knockout gasses
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Date: Fri, 6-Nov-87 19:19:33 EST
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Posted: Fri Nov  6 19:19:33 1987
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There are some fire extinguishing foams that do their business by coupling
with oxygen; they bind all of the oxygen in the room into an unusable form,
and things can't burn.  If you had a gas that could do this, then you could
have everyone out cold in probably under three minutes.  

Think of the possibilities if said gas was odorless and colorless.  Victims
would know something was up only when things were already pretty bad...

Maybe the asphyxiation time isn't fast enough to stop a bank heist, but it
has definite crowd control possibilities.

Jamie (jwz@spice.cs.cmu.edu)