describe environment size calculations

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@@ -1406,6 +1406,12 @@ $10^{-10}\mathrm{M}$. The base concentration ($10^{-10}\mathrm{M}$)
 can also be altered at the initialization of the experiment to
 specific values for specific lipid types or components.
 
 can also be altered at the initialization of the experiment to
 specific values for specific lipid types or components.
 

+The environment is a volume which is the maximum number of vesicles
+from a single simulation (4096) times the maximum size of the vesicle
+(usually 10000) divided by Avagadro's number divided by the total
+environmental lipid concentration, or usually
+\Sexpr{4096*10000/6.022E23/141E-10}~L.
+

 \subsection{Initial Vesicle Creation}
 
 Initial vesicles are seeded by selecting lipid molecules from the
 \subsection{Initial Vesicle Creation}
 
 Initial vesicles are seeded by selecting lipid molecules from the