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Environment & Energy

OKIsItJustMe

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4. Quick thought experiment

Reply to Devilsun (Reply #2)

Wed Mar 18, 2026, 12:52 PM

Yesterday

An “American Football” field is 57,600 square feet. (360 feet long, 160 feed wide.) Their estimate is that it takes 20,000 tires to pad that area. — That’s about ⅓ of a tire to pad a square foot…

But, we’re talking about Canada, where the fields are larger: 87,750 square feet. Cover that with crumb rubber. Less than ¼ a tire per square foot.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_football#Field

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UBC study links artificial turf fields to lethal chemical threat for salmon [View all] OKIsItJustMe Yesterday OP

So gross! Those fields are disgusting. Just use grass and mow it with electric mowers. Blues Heron Yesterday #1

There's a little more involved in maintaining natural turf than mowing, but, yeah OKIsItJustMe Yesterday #3

125 tonnes seems like way too much per field! 🤔 Devilsun Yesterday #2

Quick thought experiment OKIsItJustMe Yesterday #4