----- Original Message -----
From: "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, June 30, 2002 1:26 PM
Subject: Re: Efficiency in Genocide


> On Sun, Jun 30, 2002 at 01:22:19PM -0500, Julia Thompson wrote:
>
> > who wonders how tall (in terms of number of stories, anyway) the
> > building would have to be if we just built it over the entirety of
> > Kansas
>
> Area of Kansas = 82282 sq mi = 2.29E12 sq ft
>
> If we stick with Fools 900sq ft per person and 6B people, area required
> = 5.4E12 sq ft
>
> 5.4/2.29 = 2.35, so you would need 3 floors, but the top one would only
> be about one-third full (or whichever floor was least popular).
>
You'd likely need another entire floor for infrastructure.

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Power Maru
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