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Only 17% of the US landmass is used for agriculture, so averaging it out like this doesn’t make much sense.
by monkpit 3y ago
Only 17% of the US landmass is used for agriculture, so averaging it out like this doesn’t make much sense.
- gus_massa 3y agohttps://www.wolframalpha.com/input?i=130pounds+%2F+%281.7g%2Fcm%5E3%29+%2F+1+square+mile+%2F+17%25 https://www.wolframalpha.com/input?i=130pounds+%2F+%281.7g%2... 0.00008mm ~= 0.000003 inches
- pests 3y agoIn the linked article it actually shows max concentrations at 500. So for those areas it (basically) really is your original number. It's further telling with this quote: > Iowa and Illinois, where the most corn and soy crops are grown, accounted for 15% of national usage Which means some states heavy skew the results and many, many areas of the country are below 100 or near 0.