Visualizing $1 Trillion as an endless field of bales of C-notes
Farhad sez, "This guy used Google Sketchup to show what $1 trillion actually looks like. It's big!"
Those are bales of $100 bills, incidentally.
What does one TRILLION dollars look like? (Thanks, Farhad!)
Previously:
- How much is a trillion dollars -- two perspectives - Boing Boing
- AIG has insured $1.6 trillion in derivatives - Boing Boing
- Zimbabwean $100 trillion note - Boing Boing
- Three trillion dollars - Nobel winning economist tabulates true ...
- Fair use industries returned $4.5 trillion to the US in 2006 ...
- Record co's seek $1.65 trillion from AllOfMP3.com - Boing Boing
- Guy in Malaysia gets $218 trillion dollar phone bill - Boing Boing
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