What ONE TRILLION dollars looks like in dollar bills...
Have you ever though about it. What would 1 trillion dollars look like, layed out in front of you?
I mean, these numbers numbers are tossed around like doggie treats.
So I thought I'd take Google Sketchup out for a test drive and try to get a sense of what exactly a trillion dollars looks like.
We'll start with a $100 dollar bill. Currently it's the largest U.S. denomination in general circulation.
Pretty much, everyone has seen a $100 bill. But fewer have owned them. :-)
They're also guaranteed to make friends wherever you go!
A packet of one hundred $100 bills is less than 1/2" thick and contains $10,000.
It's fits in your pocket easily and is more than enough for week or two of shamefully decent fun.
Believe it or not, this next little pile is $1 million dollars (100 packets of $10,000).
You could stuff that into a grocery bag and walk around with it.
While a measly $1 million looked a little unimpressive, $100 million is a little more respectable.
It fits neatly on a standard pallet...
And $1 BILLION dollars... now we're really getting somewhere...
Next we'll look at ONE TRILLION dollars.
This is that number we've been hearing about so much.
What is a trillion dollars anyway?
Well, it's a million million. It's a thousand billion. It's a one followed by 12 zeros ($1,000,000,000,000)
You ready for this?
It's pretty surprising.
Scroll down...I give you $1 trillion dollars...
Almost there...
(And notice those pallets are double stacked.)
So the next time you hear someone toss around the phrase "trillion dollars"... that's what they're talking about.
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Date: 25 Mar 2009 | Author: mesmerX | Category: Pictures | Views: 118961
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