Just how big do you think a `trillion` is?

[imported_Tom]

Curious, how many of us can begin to understand just how large a trillion is, some time ago I emailed the Treasury Dept and asked how long it would take them to print one trillion dollars in one dollar bills, to my surprise I got an answer back in a couple of weeks from the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, I`ll post the answer in a while-its frightening, does anyone care to guess?

[imported_doctordon]

72 years

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/money/article2360477.ece

[imported_Tom]

Not even close :scared:

[imported_broker99]

I think that we all should know what that number looks like. Maybe more people will sit up and take notice of how out of control this government spending is. Dont even get me started on health care and that price tag.

[Old Pirate]

Should I`ll just take a pinch of money from that stack. Maybe a large pallet load should do it........:D

[imported_Jokeman]

This is what a trillion looks like.

http://www.dailycognition.com/index.php/2009/03/25/what-1-trillion-dollars-looks-like-in-dollar-bills.html

[imported_Mr. Clean]

Curious, how many of us can begin to understand just how large a trillion is, some time ago I emailed the Treasury Dept and asked how long it would take them to print one trillion dollars in one dollar bills, to my surprise I got an answer back in a couple of weeks from the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, I`ll post the answer in a while-its frightening, does anyone care to guess?

No need to guess, just be willing to do the math. Factor a printing rate of @ 26 million notes printed per day.

[imported_Luster]

This is a picture of the Laramie River Generating Station in Wheatland Wyoming. When construction was complete in 1986, the cost was ONE BILLION DOLLARS. (Construction lasted 10 years! I know because I was there!)

A trillion would 1000 Laramie River Stations.

Hard to fathom.

http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/06bq3SWebk4lA/610x.jpg

[Greg Nichols]

the net worth of 500 bill gates is a Trillion Dollars. The amount of money is what it would cost to fund a national health care system for a few years.

Cheers,
GREG

[imported_doctordon]

OK Tom, I had to dig out the big calculator.

According to the Bureau of Engraving`s Money Facts web site, their presses are capable of printing 8000 sheets per hour. Each sheet is 32 dollars (if printing $1 bills).

Assuming non-stop printing:
8000 x $32 = $256,000 per hour
256,000 x 24 hours = $6,144,000 per day
6,144,000 x 365 days = $2,242,560,000 per year
1,000,000,000,000 divided by 2,242,560,000 = 445.9189497716895 years

Too much time on my hands today!

[Dave1]

OK Tom, I had to dig out the big calculator.

According to the Bureau of Engraving`s Money Facts web site, their presses are capable of printing 8000 sheets per hour. Each sheet is 32 dollars (if printing $1 bills).

Assuming non-stop printing:
8000 x $32 = $256,000 per hour
256,000 x 24 hours = $6,144,000 per day
6,144,000 x 365 days = $2,242,560,000 per year
1,000,000,000,000 divided by 2,242,560,000 = 445.9189497716895 years

Too much time on my hands today!

Cool.......

Next test question:


Do the penny math..........?


How long?........:biggrin:


I`m going out to the garage for a cigar and a cold one, take your time.......

[imported_Tom]

Consider this, one trillion seconds is about 32,000 (thirty two thousand) years.

Getting scared yet?

[Street Dreams]

McLaren F1
993 GT2
Aston Martin Vanquish S
1955 300SL Gulwing
Koenigsegg Trevita CCX-R
Bentley Brooklands


^^ I would start there...




and a Mini Cooper for city driving, not kidding I got a thing for Minis

[Mike Murphy]

"and a Mini Cooper for city driving, not kidding I got a thing for Minis"

Dave, that made me laugh hard!! It`s a good thing I wasn`t drinking anything when I read your post.

[imported_doctordon]

Cool.......

Next test question:


Do the penny math..........?


How long?........:biggrin:


I`m going out to the garage for a cigar and a cold one, take your time.......

Dave, that`s too easy. Considering the same time assumptions: 1,426,944 years. 445.92 x 3200 pennies.