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Hey Chris....very interesting, but I have a question.

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In our experimental model,
> bacteria that metabolize hydrogen and carbon dioxide  to methane and water
> were placed in the large intestines of rats. When the rats were pressurized
> in a hyperbaric chamber, the rate at which they released methane increased
> with increasing pressure of hydrogen in the chamber, starting within
> minutes from the introduction of the hydrogen. 

Wouldn't this create one pisser of an uncontrolled ascent in a drysuit,
especially for those divers who are already predisposed to considerable
flatulence.
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