Fermentation in the presence of CO2

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I'm going to use Bobby M's idea here https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f35/corny-keg-evolved-bottling-bucket-157541/ along with my Blichman Beer Gun. After purging my "bottling" keg with CO2 I'm going to add priming sugar to it and rack my beer. I'll purge each empty bottle with CO2 and then fill and cap them.

I realize yeast produce CO2, but what happens when the CO2 is already present in the bottle? Does it inhibit the fermentation that takes place in the bottle?
 
I bet you will have nicely carbonated beer with very little oxidization.

The major metobolic pathway for producing CO2 does not use any O2. Oxygen is used in the initial stages of fermentation to convert glycogen to sterols. The EMP
 
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