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[QUOTE]What does one trillion dollars look like? One TRILLION dollars...
What does that look like? I mean, these various numbers are tossed around like so many 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 the largest U.S. denomination in general circulation. Most everyone has seen them, slighty fewer have owned them. Guaranteed to make friends wherever they go. [IMG]http://myph.us/pics/43910_bill.jpg[/IMG] A packet of one hundred $100 bills is less than 1/2" thick and contains $10,000. Fits in your pocket easily and is more than enough for week or two of shamefully decadent fun. [IMG]http://myph.us/pics/43911_packet.jpg[/IMG] 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. [IMG]http://myph.us/pics/43912_pile.jpg[/IMG] While a measly $1 million looked a little unimpressive, $100 million is a little more respectable. It fits neatly on a standard pallet... [IMG]http://myph.us/pics/43913_pallet.jpg[/IMG] And $1 BILLION dollars... now we're really getting somewhere... [IMG]http://myph.us/pics/43914_palletx10.jpg[/IMG] Next we'll look at ONE TRILLION dollars. This is that number we've been hearing so much about. What is a trillion dollars? Well, it's a million million. It's a thousand billion. It's a one followed by 12 zeros.
You ready for this?
It's pretty surprising.
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Ladies and gentlemen... I give you $1 trillion dollars... [IMG]http://myph.us/pics/43915_palletx10000.jpg[/IMG] Notice those pallets are double stacked. ...and remember those are $100 bills.
So the next time you hear someone toss around the phrase "trillion dollars"... that's what they're talking about. [/QUOTE][URL="http://www.pagetutor.com/trillion/index.html"]source[/URL]