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Tuna-Fish • today at 10:52 AM • 1 reply • view on HN

This is actually a terrible idea, because to keep the air breathable you'd have to raise the oxygen fraction, making fire risk much worse. (Inert gases in air suppress fires by carrying away heat, making it harder to sustain a flame.)


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WalterBright • today at 4:38 PM

People live on mountains just fine.