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JUST A BIT OF
PERSPECTIVE HERE..! 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. |
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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.
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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.
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While a measly $1 million looked a little unimpressive, $100 million is a little more respectable. It
fits neatly on a standard pallet...
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And $1 BILLION dollars... now we're really getting somewhere...
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Next we'll look at ONE TRILLION dollars. This is that number we've been hearing
about so much. 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... |
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