Carbon dioxide blasting offers a safer, non‑explosive alternative to conventional rock blasting. The system pressurizes a tube with liquid CO2 (5–9 MPa); an electric heating charge instantaneously vaporizes it, expanding ~600× to generate a >300 MPa shock that fractures rock along natural cracks. Carbon dioxide blasting is low‑emission, reduces vibration and toxic gases, uses reusable tubes and replaceable heat charges, and enables controlled, efficient pre‑cracking for mining and tunneling.