Mar 12 2009Wow: What A Trillion Dollars Looks Like
Remember when we showed you what a billion dollars looks like? Well this is what a trillion dollars looks like. Allegedly. That little red stick on the left is supposed to be a human, for reference. Now I'm not very good at math so I couldn't actually make any direct comparisons between the real billion dollars and this hypothetical trillion dollars, but I'd believe just about anything somebody tells me. Free candy? Just let me grab my bookbag.
This particular rendering was made through Google SketchUp, Google's 3D modeling software. Measurements were taken of a $10,000 stack of $100 bills (just half an inch thick!) and pretty much multiplied from there using simple geometry. In that trillion dollar shot, each pallet holds $100 million...and the pallets are double stacked.
Now whether this is an accurate portrayal of a trillion dollars is irrelevant. What is relevant is that I'm going to steal it. I don't care if it's just a rendering, I'll steal the computer it was made on. I'm gonna be rich! A trillion dollars, son, that's like....almost a zillion.
To Conceptualize a Trillion Dollars, We Require Computer Visualization [gizmodo]
Thanks to Harrison, who I will blame for the crime and then give half the money to once he's out of prison. Provided I haven't spent it all already (I'll have spent it all already).
Reader Comments
1. Viks - March 12, 2009 1:13 PM
Thats the scariest and most amazing thing ever!
2. Jesse - March 12, 2009 1:15 PM
wow
3. dadoren - March 12, 2009 1:17 PM
What a picture of my Basement???? >D
4. naas - March 12, 2009 1:23 PM
Looks like a nice hash wafer
5. Danger - March 12, 2009 1:24 PM
Firts!
6. Pat - March 12, 2009 1:27 PM
I bet this is stored at the same warehouse as the Ark of the Covenant in "Raiders."
7. Amaranth - March 12, 2009 1:38 PM
imagine the amount of money you would be making off just interest from several banks... you would never spend more then you would be making off interest as long as the holder isn't an idiot like Tyson spent his money.
8. gizmoduck - March 12, 2009 2:01 PM
good enough for me to poop on
9. rahulvictor - March 12, 2009 2:14 PM
nah, i counted, about a couple dollars off
10. greg - March 12, 2009 2:30 PM
Now picture that about 9 more times and you have our national deficit.
Fun fact about a Trillion dollars. If you stacked a trillion 1dollar bills end2end longways, it would go to the moon (at it avg. distance from earth) and back 405.7ish times. .... him, how much does a shuttle launch cost?
11. Gordon "Fücking" Shumway - March 12, 2009 3:10 PM
But what would a trillion vaginas look like?
12. Noaa - March 12, 2009 3:30 PM
Gordon your a smeging genius.
GW show us the marvels that Gordon speaks of.
and to anyone that got that Red Dwarf reference good job
13. Gordon "Fücking" Shumway - March 12, 2009 3:59 PM
#12
I too am a fan of Red Dwarf, but this is no excuse for your misuse of the english language. It's you're as in you are, not your. Now get it right or I'm going to take your hard light modulator away.
14. Atlanta Grape Lady - March 12, 2009 5:47 PM
Stop. oh oh oh ooooooooooooh ohh oooooh oh ooh ooooooooooooooh
ow ow ow ooooooooh stop oh stop ooh ooooooooh oh oh oooooooooh
I can't breathe ohhhh stop uh uh ooooooooooooooh
15. Watch - March 12, 2009 7:38 PM
SICK TO THE POWER OF BATMAN RIDING AN AT-AT!!!
16. m0nkey - March 12, 2009 8:20 PM
you know the world is a sad place when people can only spend time to draw 1 billion dollars instead of taking that time to earn some money.
17. Gambit - March 13, 2009 1:28 AM
Yeah, and the US is ten of thoes in debt.
18. James B. Webb - March 13, 2009 1:42 AM
Last March I calculated it by weight and height: http://brainrageblog.blogspot.com/2008/03/i-got-five-on-it.html
19. softlicious - March 13, 2009 9:54 AM
The American government owes some money itself, but others have to go to prison for nonpayment. Just one of many cases:
http://www.expertlaw.com/forums/showthread.php?t=18770
Court rulings should be based on justice, not some kids interests.
20. Daisy - March 13, 2009 10:05 AM
FAKE!!!!
This is a complete photoshop job. You can tell its a fake because the shadow's are all wrong.
This is exactly like that scene in the movie NEver BAck Down where MAx made an art project to show how much money a trillion dollars was. His teacher didn't care for it very much, but the Baja accidentally driped some baon flavored ice cream on it, and made it much better. Max got an A.
21. kittkatt - March 13, 2009 3:30 PM
my grandma figured this out... If Jesus gave you a trillion dollars and you spent a million dollars a day every day you would still have 7 billion dollars today.
22. Zombiecharro - March 14, 2009 4:55 AM
D. Rumsfeld can disappear 3 of that in a snap, david copperfield u are nothing
23. laptop battery sell - January 6, 2010 2:55 AM
It's a good idea.Thank you
24. Sextank - February 5, 2010 3:08 PM
Of course it's fake, it never claims to really be a trillion dollars. No one even has close to that much money anyway (let alone the US govt!)
25. دردشة - February 25, 2010 10:10 PM
You may guess how I know it, hehe I have that figure action too xD bought it when I was a kid because I
26. دردشة مصرية - February 25, 2010 10:11 PM
wanted to knew Dr. Claw's f^^^^ real face haha so I can guarantee you all people that figure it is not fake or photoshop edit as long as I owe