pjay 8 Report post Posted March 9, 2009 Blatently stolen from another forum i sit on Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pjay 8 Report post Posted March 10, 2009 What does one TRILLION dollars look like? Click Here! All this talk about "stimulus packages" and "bailouts"... A billion dollars... A 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. 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. 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 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... (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. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
elmarco 56 Report post Posted March 10, 2009 I only want 0.01% of the trillion.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
|ncary 0 Report post Posted March 10, 2009 Anyone who has done 6th form maths knows that. Oh wait, it's for Americans. Makes sence. Lots of pictures. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kingkarl 136 Report post Posted March 10, 2009 Anyone who has done 6th form maths knows that. Oh wait, it's for Americans. Makes sence. Lots of pictures. did you do first form spelling ? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pjay 8 Report post Posted March 10, 2009 Yes because it takes maths to visualize the sheer volume of money.. Genius Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
$toffz 0 Report post Posted March 10, 2009 very cool - thanks! Gives you some appreciation on the size of the problem... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
martyyn 2 Report post Posted March 10, 2009 Yes because it takes maths to visualize the sheer volume of money.. GeniusIt takes a picture to 'visualise' something, not maths ! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cale 36 Report post Posted March 10, 2009 It takes a picture to 'visualise' something, not maths ! OMFG.... Its called sarcasm, he was being sarcy shesh Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
martyyn 2 Report post Posted March 10, 2009 Easy tiger Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BM WORLD 1283 Report post Posted March 10, 2009 (edited) we are so in the wrong business. i have a realy good email about a drug bust in mexico but i cant copy or save the photos from it to post here or on a website etc . can i email it to someone who might know how to do it . cheers brent [email protected] Edited March 10, 2009 by Brent HARTGE535i Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bravo 35 Report post Posted March 10, 2009 Looked wrong, but I checked the guys maths based on the dimensions of a US$100 bill, and depending on the size of his "standard pallet" he's right give or take. That's a lot of currency. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
$toffz 0 Report post Posted March 10, 2009 The Americans dont know what they're doing. Zimbabwe can fit all that into one note man!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
E30 325i Rag-Top 2957 Report post Posted March 10, 2009 That's true, but only for today. Tomorrow it will be 2 notes, then Friday it would be 4 notes. By Monday they would be needing 32 notes. Pretty soon they would just add another few zeroes on to the end of the note. Hey, why don't the Americans try that? Would at least save all that paper. Almost as much of a genius idea as that of Gordon Brown in the UK, print more money to get out of a recession ? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lucan 196 Report post Posted March 11, 2009 haha yeah i got a funny email about the Zim Dollar, wow their billion dollar note at some point wasnt worth wiping yr ass with! there was actually a sign above a public toilet saying you couldnt take newspaper, or zim dollars inside a cubicle haha Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
