I live with 3 dogs and was alone the entire day.
For the interested, here is the graph for a year: https://i.imgur.com/mrXI3y1.png
> However, since the advent of widespread industrialisation, atmospheric CO2 levels have exponentially increased (Fig. 1). In just the last ~ 50 years it has risen from < 340 ppm (in 1980), to > 420 ppm in 2025 (Lan et al., 2025). Atmospheric CO2 is currently increasing at more than 2 ppm each year, largely due to humanity’s activities, such as the burning of fossil fuels (Eggleton, 2012).
There's good reason to believe we're on the cusp of a solar energy revolution and, more generally, ready to turn things around. But even in the worst scenarios I can imagine, outdoor air 50 years from now (as posited in the title) would not be as bad as indoor air now.
This story could give a hint of what to expect in the far future. Replace Nitrogen with CO2 and you may see what people could be in for :(
OutOfHere•2h ago
Rising carbon dioxide levels now detected in human blood
https://phys.org/news/2026-02-carbon-dioxide-human-blood.htm...