# How much is a trillion dollars **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [February 26, 2009, 8:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-much-is-a-trillion-dollars/63657 "2009-02-26T08:52:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Joe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joe/32/7219_2.png) [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2009, 11:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-much-is-a-trillion-dollars/63657/21 "2009-02-26T11:55:38Z")
1 trillion pennies would buy 22,222,222 300zx motors from 2TurboZ. ---
**Author:** ![LAFENGAS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/lafengas/32/7573_2.png) [@LAFENGAS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LAFENGAS)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2009, 11:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-much-is-a-trillion-dollars/63657/22 "2009-02-26T11:59:35Z")
I wonder how many Fortune 500 companies 1 Trillion $ would buy me. Somebody figure out the interest to have it sit in a Savings acct. I don’t know the current rates. ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2009, 12:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-much-is-a-trillion-dollars/63657/23 "2009-02-26T12:00:39Z")
> [@Joe](#): > > 1 trillion pennies would buy 22,222,222 300zx motors from 2TurboZ. :lol: > [@LAFENGAS](#): > > Somebody figure out the interest to have it sit in a Savings acct. I don’t know the current rates. Quick check on [bankrate.com](http://bankrate.com) says about 2% right now. So 20 billion a year in interest. ---
**Author:** ![Clean\_Baldy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/clean_baldy/32/7308_2.png) [@Clean\_Baldy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Clean_Baldy)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2009, 12:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-much-is-a-trillion-dollars/63657/24 "2009-02-26T12:10:25Z")
> [@JayS](#): > > :lol: > > Quick check on [bankrate.com](http://bankrate.com) says about 2% right now. > So 20 billion a year in interest. $19,290 a second in interest at 2%… ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blue_eyed_devil/32/7292_2.png) [@Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_Eyed_Devil)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2009, 12:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-much-is-a-trillion-dollars/63657/25 "2009-02-26T12:11:18Z")
$148 per human on Earth. In some countries you would be rich with only $148. ---
**Author:** ![Joe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joe/32/7219_2.png) [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2009, 12:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-much-is-a-trillion-dollars/63657/26 "2009-02-26T12:11:43Z")
I had to map a trillion dollars from our old general ledger to our new peoplesoft one this summer. They pay me less than 100k to do this. :uhh: ---
**Author:** ![Geehee](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/geehee/32/7238_2.png) [@Geehee](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Geehee)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2009, 12:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-much-is-a-trillion-dollars/63657/27 "2009-02-26T12:14:15Z")
> [@Joe](#): > > I had to map a trillion dollars from our old general ledger to our new peoplesoft one this summer. They pay me less than 100k to do this. :uhh: you should have accidentally $1,000,000 for CDCB. ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2009, 12:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-much-is-a-trillion-dollars/63657/28 "2009-02-26T12:16:20Z")
> [@TORQDSS](#): > > 1 trillion pennies laid side to side and end to end would cover 204.82 square miles. 1 trillion pennies is 10 billion dollars. ---
**Author:** ![LAFENGAS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/lafengas/32/7573_2.png) [@LAFENGAS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LAFENGAS)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2009, 12:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-much-is-a-trillion-dollars/63657/29 "2009-02-26T12:25:38Z")
If one ear full of my sperm carried wallets…split evenly each sperm would have $50,000. edit: WAT? ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blue_eyed_devil/32/7292_2.png) [@Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_Eyed_Devil)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2009, 12:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-much-is-a-trillion-dollars/63657/30 "2009-02-26T12:27:18Z")
a round trip to the Sun and back is LESS than a trillion feet!!! HOLY SH\*T! Did I figure that right?!? ---
**Author:** ![Joe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joe/32/7219_2.png) [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2009, 12:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-much-is-a-trillion-dollars/63657/31 "2009-02-26T12:28:41Z")
no, you figured it in meters. you missed the sun by a factor of 3. oh wait, never mind, that was NASA that did that. :bloated: ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2009, 1:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-much-is-a-trillion-dollars/63657/32 "2009-02-26T13:02:53Z")
> [@Joe](#): > > no, you figured it in meters. you missed the sun by a factor of 3. > > oh wait, never mind, that was NASA that did that. :bloated: :lol: You’ve had some good ones the last couple days. ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2009, 1:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-much-is-a-trillion-dollars/63657/33 "2009-02-26T13:03:01Z")
The US produces 1 trillion dollars worth of goods and services every 26 days. Iran produces 1 trillion dollars worth of goods and services every 3.5 years. Suck it Ahmadinejad. ---
**Author:** ![ultradriver10000](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ultradriver10000/32/7397_2.png) [@ultradriver10000](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ultradriver10000)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2009, 1:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-much-is-a-trillion-dollars/63657/34 "2009-02-26T13:07:37Z")
If you used that Trillion bucks to buy standard 25 cent bouncy balls, which are 1.5"s in diameter, you could stack them from earth to the moon 5.946852929 times… Let see if we can make it a full 6 guys! ---
**Author:** ![Joe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joe/32/7219_2.png) [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2009, 1:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-much-is-a-trillion-dollars/63657/35 "2009-02-26T13:14:50Z")
> [@JayS](#): > > :lol: You’ve had some good ones the last couple days. My boss is in Vancouver on business all week. I’ve been spending the time I would normally spend being productive thinking of witty remarks to post on the internet. ---
**Author:** ![LAFENGAS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/lafengas/32/7573_2.png) [@LAFENGAS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LAFENGAS)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2009, 1:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-much-is-a-trillion-dollars/63657/36 "2009-02-26T13:31:02Z")
> [@ultradriver10000](#): > > If you used that Trillion bucks to buy standard 25 cent bouncy balls, which are 1.5"s in diameter, you could stack them from earth to the moon 5.946852929 times… > > Let see if we can make it a full 6 guys! did you take into account the balls changing volume due to vacuum pressures and temperature differences? just saying. ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2009, 1:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-much-is-a-trillion-dollars/63657/37 "2009-02-26T13:36:49Z")
> [@LAFENGAS](#): > > did you take into account the balls changing volume due to vacuum pressures and temperature differences? just saying. ^ knows his balls ---
**Author:** ![ultradriver10000](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ultradriver10000/32/7397_2.png) [@ultradriver10000](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ultradriver10000)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2009, 2:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-much-is-a-trillion-dollars/63657/38 "2009-02-26T14:52:00Z")
> [@LAFENGAS](#): > > did you take into account the balls changing volume due to vacuum pressures and temperature differences? just saying. I used standard earth sized balls when calculating. Not sure on sizing of blue balls in space, need final confirmation on size. ---
**Author:** ![snowracer101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@snowracer101](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/snowracer101)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2009, 3:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-much-is-a-trillion-dollars/63657/39 "2009-02-26T15:35:34Z")
> [@ultradriver10000](#): > > If you used that Trillion bucks to buy standard 25 cent bouncy balls, which are 1.5"s in diameter, you could stack them from earth to the moon 5.946852929 times… > > Let see if we can make it a full 6 guys! did you take into account the skill needed to stack bouncy balls? ---
**Author:** ![burnt\_toast](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/burnt_toast/32/7518_2.png) [@burnt\_toast](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/burnt_toast)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2009, 3:53pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-much-is-a-trillion-dollars/63657/40 "2009-02-26T15:53:43Z")
> [@sedlmeier101](#): > > did you take into account the skill needed to stack bouncy balls? must set aside $$ for ball stacking skills training. [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-much-is-a-trillion-dollars/63657.md?page=1)