STRAYCAT’S DOGGONE BLOG

A NEW PERSPECTIVE

October 25, 2004 on 12:58 am | In Humor |

Recently, I was listening to Talk Radio and heard some Government “bean-counter” throwing around numbers as though they were meaningless. A Million Dollars here, a Billion Dollars there, a Trillion Dollars some other place. What the HECK do they all mean??? Here are some illustrations that may help you gain some perspective:

1) If you laid Dollar Bills end to end: 1 bill (any denomination) is 6 1/8 inches long

1 Million would equal 96.7 miles.

1 Billion would equal 96,669.8 miles (or 3.9 times around the Earth).

1 Trillion would equal 96,668,141.1 miles (or 3882 times around the Earth).

2) If you want a time perspective:

1 Million seconds equals 11.82 days.

1 Billion seconds equals 32 years, 4 months, 16 days, 19 hours, and 12 minutes.

1 Trillion seconds equals 32,384years, 5 months, 19 days, 4 hours, and 48 minutes.

3) Speed of Sound (761 miles per hour @ sea-level):

1 Million miles would take 54days, 18 hours.

1 Billion miles would take 150.01 years.

1 Trillion miles would take 150,006 years, 10 months, 28 days, and 12 hours.

4) Speed of Light (186,000 miles per second):

1 Million miles would take 5.38 seconds.

1 Billion miles would take 1 hour, 29 minutes, and 24 seconds.

1 Trillion miles would take 62 days, 5 hours, 31 minutes, and 12 seconds.

5) Weight perspective: (1 bill (any denomination) weighs 1 gram: (454 grams to the pound)

1 Million 1 Dollar bills would weigh: 1 ton and 200 pounds

1 Billion 1 Dollars bills would weigh: 1101 tons and 640 pounds

1 Trillion 1 Dollar Bills would weigh: 1,101,321 tons and 1180 pounds

DOES THIS PUT THINGS IN PERSPECTIVE