# soda pop theory?

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**Created:** [January 29, 2007, 10:37am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/soda-pop-theory/23762 "2007-01-29T10:37:20Z")
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### Author: ![Willybeen](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/willybeen/32/7351_2.png) [@Willybeen](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Willybeen)
#### Post date: [January 29, 2007, 10:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/soda-pop-theory/23762/31 "2007-01-29T22:14:50Z")

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> [@RobHimself](#):
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> Funny you should bring this up because i had an opened bottle on its side and when i opened it the other day it let off alot more gas then normal. I found it kind of odd. I think it may keep the gasses in the bottle better but they are just going to escape at the same rate once the bottle is opended again. An already sealed bottle i would imagine its side will keep it longer.

thats cuz it was shaken when you picked it upright most likely…

as for which would allow more co2 to escape, that would be upright, gas molecules are far tinier than liquid molecules… provided that the tops were equally tight… upright would have a greater tendency to release more gases therefor losing more pressure… ie going flat…

and newmans post on uncrushed vs crushed = absolutely correct… i didnt read the whole thread… im just agreeing cuz its accurate

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