Thursday, January 6, 2011

What does one trillion dollars look like?

From http://www.pagetutor.com/trillion/index.html :


"All this talk about "stimulus packages" and "bailouts"...

billion dollars...
hundred billion dollars...
Eight hundred billion dollars...
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.

$100


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.
$10,000
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.

$1,000,000 (one million dollars)
While a measly $1 million looked a little unimpressive, $100 million is a little more respectable. It fits neatly on a standard pallet...

$100,000,000 (one hundred million dollars)
And $1 BILLION dollars... now we're really getting somewhere...

$1,000,000,000 (one billion dollars)
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...

Go ahead...
Scroll down.
















Ladies and gentlemen... I give you $1 trillion dollars...








$1,000,000,000,000 (one trillion dollars)


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."


From http://www.pagetutor.com/trillion/index.html

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