Why does nitrous oxide have such a bad image?
Nitrous oxide has such a bad image for two reasons. One is the 2001 release of The Fast & The Furious. In this movie the main character doesn’t think he’s fast enough to beat someone in a race. He then is shown adding a lot of nitrous to his car. The movie continues. Several other instances other characters are shown using it to win races with an otherwise slow car. The subconscious seed is planted that “if you add nitrous to your car, your car will be fast.” People began using nitrous incorrectly in masses. As a result, many people had catostrofic damage with their engines. The second reason why nitrous has a bad image is because of it’s general usage history. It was used in World War II to give the engines of the combat aircraft a sudden “boost” of power to get the pilots out of a sticky situation. It was kept a secret mostly until the 1970s when race car drivers began injecting it into there engines for a sudden “boost” over their competition.
