That is a bunch! USA FOR JANUARY 2009
One birth every.................................. 8 seconds
One death every.................................. 12 seconds
One international migrant (net) every............ 36 seconds
Net gain of one person every..................... 14 seconds
The World population reached 6 billion on April 21, 1999, at about 1:40 PM GMT
(April 21, 1999 at 9:40 AM EDT). The Census Bureau's new projections indicate
that the 7 billion marker will be reached in February of 2012.
http://www.census.gov/main/www/popclock.html
Understanding a trillion(if dollars were seconds)
One million seconds comes out to be about 11½ days. A billion seconds is 32
years. And a trillion seconds is 32,000 years.
NOTHING
says it better than these pictures. Take a look!
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.
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.
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.
While a measly $1
million looked a little unimpressive, $100 million is a little more respectable.
It fits neatly on a standard pallet...
And $1 BILLION
dollars... now we're really getting somewhere...
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...
Scroll
down...
Ladies and
gentlemen... I give you $1 trillion
dollars...
(And notice those
pallets are double
stacked.)
So the next time
you hear someone toss around the phrase "trillion dollars"... that's what they're talking
about.
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