Monday, April 6, 2009

What does one TRILLION dollars look like?

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.

$100

the rest ...

2 comments:

  1. A picture is worth a trillion words.
    Great visual.

    Is this your work?

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  2. not mine, you followed the link to the source didn't you?

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