Article: Blood: What’s Up With That?


 

Chris Allingham

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http://modernfarmer.com/2014/12/blood-whats/

"In September 2014, 8.83 million pigs were slaughtered in the United States alone. With every pig containing about 10-13 pints of blood, depending on weight at slaughter, that's up to 114.79 million pints of blood going down the drain. But as you may have noticed, we’re not awash in hog’s blood: The truth is that very little of it goes to waste."

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That's up to 114.79 million pints of blood

114,790,000 / 8 = 14,348,750 gallons
14,348,750 / 325,851 = 44 acre foot

There's 640 acres in a square mile
There's 3,806,000 square miles in the US
There's 196,939,900 square miles (surface area) on Earth

It is hard to get overly concerned, huh? :)
 

 

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