> The surface area increases with the square of linear dimensions
That's for a ball. A cylinder does not increase that way.
Plus you only need to increase the width, not the height. So the surface areas goes up as twice the linear dimension, which I don't think would be significantly heavier, just a bit incrementally heavier.
Fair enough. I would say another likely issue is that of the highway problem: you make wider aisles—and now people think they can definitely take their stuff.
That's for a ball. A cylinder does not increase that way.
Plus you only need to increase the width, not the height. So the surface areas goes up as twice the linear dimension, which I don't think would be significantly heavier, just a bit incrementally heavier.