new jersey geographer » SketchUp http://njgeo.org GIS and planning in New Jersey Wed, 09 May 2012 13:03:41 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Using Sketchup to visualize $1 trillion http://njgeo.org/2009/03/11/using-sketchup-to-visualize-1-trillion/ http://njgeo.org/2009/03/11/using-sketchup-to-visualize-1-trillion/#comments Wed, 11 Mar 2009 22:35:57 +0000 John Reiser http://njgeo.org/?p=114 Continue reading →]]> This page has a visualization of the sheer size $1 trillion dollars would occupy using $100 bills. The images are rendered using SketchUp, one of my favorite applications.

I came across this link while browsing BoingBoing, and one of their comments I feel sums up much of what I feel nicely:

I love how the cost of making and sharing this diagram is still $0.00 no matter how big the problem.

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