why do people think Nitrous burns?

[schofiel@telusplanet.net (Curtis Schofield)]

>      OK, I was planning to stay out of this, but then again, I like 
> shooting off
> my mouth ;)  First, the N in NOS (Nitrous Oxide) is for Nitrogen, which 
> burns
> quite effectively in the presence of oxygen.  Don't take my word for
> it, go watch a film of the Hindenburg.

erm.. Nitrogen doesn't burn.. and the Hindenburg was full of hydrogen!
(which does burn)

>  Secondly, the intended effect of burning
> NOS is to increase the free oxygen available for combustion, increasing 
> the burn
> rate and temperature.  That's what it does in the cylinder, and there's 
> nothing
>

And nos increases the amount of free oxygen by super cooling the air 
around it,
making it more dense and makeing it take up less space which causes more
air to rush in to the void.. effectively causing "super forced 
induction" ;)

At least that's my take on it.