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Old 03-09-2009, 06:12 AM
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Winged Wheeler
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Default One Trillion

I've heard that number a lot recently. It is not a concept, I think, that is easily digested. Can you translate this number to common experience?

The distance from ANC to SDF is roughly 5,000 KM. That equates to 5 Million meters and then, 5 Billion millimeters. If you gave away $1/millimeter you'd have to fly this leg 200 times to get to 1 Trillion dollars.

That same distance is roughly 3,000 miles. If you gave away 1 Million dollars/mile you'd have to fly this leg 333 times to get to $1 trillion.

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