I've always wondered what 1 TRILLION Dollars looks like..

[KSWAY]

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...


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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.

 

[txbonds]

I think when you start talking about more than you can carry, it becomes virtual computer money anyway at that point as no one actually has that much cash sitting in one place. The more computer and virtual it becomes, the easier it is to spend more of it though.

Same principal as taking a $100 bill to the store versus a credit card. Most people become way more conscious of what they are buying when they have the $100 bill.

Good representation none the less.

 

[SV_Dude]

Looks good, I'll take that small stack that fits in the grocery bag please.

 

[KidVermicious]

Save one for me. I could be a very happy man for the rest of my life with that grocery sack.

 

[Ol'Blue]

Can I use this in a College paper? That is cool man.

Blue

 

[JB.]

The more computer and virtual it becomes, the easier it is to spend more of it though.

Same principal as taking a $100 bill to the store versus a credit card. Most people become way more conscious of what they are buying when they have the $100 bill.

Agreed.

Also, experiments seem to consistently show that people are much more honest when dealing in cash.

Kind of puts an additional spin on the idea of going to a cashless economy.

 

[grey_ghost]

Kind of gives you new respect for the idea our fed gov't has pushed the country into over $17 trillion in national debt... :frusty:

 

[LandCruiser]

I'm just surprised that Obama can sit after wiping his ass with that much of our money in the past 5 years.

 

[eddiebx]

I'm just surprised that Obama can sit after wiping his ass with that much of our money in the past 5 years.

~7x that much actually. But who's counting.

 

[markaidan]

Save one for me. I could be a very happy man for the rest of my life with that grocery sack.

I can usually carry 3 or 4 grocery sacks coming out of the store, so I'm respectfully requesting at least 4 please.

 

[OrdnanceMarine]

These are the Trillion Dollar Bills I carry. The video gives a good illustration of what one trillion dollars in one dollar bills would look like, how long it would take to earn and how many trucks it would take to move them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXjgE9-In1M

 

[hearno]

Interesting info except the religion stuff

 

[Quatre Coureur]

Just one grocery sack? I'm sure one of those pallets would fit in the back of my 1st Gen! :tongue1: This reminds me of when I learned the difference between a million seconds and a billion seconds...
1 million seconds = 11 days
1 billion seconds = 31 years

 

[MONTYMTB]

Reminds me of the old trick question:

Would you rather someone give you $1,000.00 a day for 31 days, or give you a penny on the first day, then double the amount each day through day 31?

 

[thegray1]

This is awesome. Thanks for doing that.

 

[OrdnanceMarine]

Reminds me of the old trick question:

Would you rather someone give you $1,000.00 a day for 31 days, or give you a penny on the first day, then double the amount each day through day 31?

I remember where I was when my uncle pulled that one on me. I was old enough (maybe 12 or so?) that I should have known!

 

[Brique]

Here's another interesting one: if the federal government had to do accounting the way publicly traded companies are required to, the national debt would be closer to $60 trillion. That's right, kids! Congress gets to cook the books Enron-style, then they go out in front of the cameras to piss and moan about how they need to keep an eye on those mean old corporations.

 

[LittleCaesar]

At one point in his life JD Rockefeller, founder of Standard Oil, was worth close to $336 billion in 2007's dollars. So he'd have a third of that stack. Wow.

 

[BrianSD_42]

Congress gets to cook the books Enron-style

Did you ever see "Enron the smartest guy in the room"

That was pretty good.

Just to be clear your saying corporations like Enron are the good guys?

 

[BrianSD_42]

[MENTION=69868]LittleCaesar[/MENTION]

Speaking of Rockefeller ... I recently watched "the men who built America" on Amazon prime / history channel. It was surprisingly well done and covered all those barrons in a not so negative light. They changed the world and in many ways for the better.