Comments on: The Iraq invasion has cost more than one trillion dollars. How much is one trillion? http://dangerousintersection.org/2007/05/03/the-iraq-invasion-has-cost-more-than-one-trillion-dollars-how-much-is-one-trillion/ Human Animals at the Crossroads of Culture, Science, Religion and Media Mon, 22 Mar 2010 04:01:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: U.S. House approves funding to maintain empire | Dangerous Intersection http://dangerousintersection.org/2007/05/03/the-iraq-invasion-has-cost-more-than-one-trillion-dollars-how-much-is-one-trillion/comment-page-1/#comment-58271 U.S. House approves funding to maintain empire | Dangerous Intersection Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:48:09 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=1274#comment-58271 [...] spending has been approved at $636.3 billion dollars– nearly two-thirds of a trillion dollars(see related post on how much a trillion really is) to maintain our network of more than 800 military facilities in [...] [...] spending has been approved at $636.3 billion dollars– nearly two-thirds of a trillion dollars(see related post on how much a trillion really is) to maintain our network of more than 800 military facilities in [...]

]]> By: Dan Klarmann http://dangerousintersection.org/2007/05/03/the-iraq-invasion-has-cost-more-than-one-trillion-dollars-how-much-is-one-trillion/comment-page-1/#comment-51841 Dan Klarmann Thu, 24 Sep 2009 07:37:17 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=1274#comment-51841 <ul><li>A trillion bytes is an $80 hard drive (in 2009). </li><li>A trillion computer clock cycles (internal logical states) in a home computer takes about 16 minutes (2GHz). </li><li>A trillion Uranium atoms weigh 0.000000004 grams (4x10<sup>-10</sup>g) </li><li>A trillion dollars is ten times the estimated cost of the entire currently proposed manned lunar landing project. But probably only five times the actual cost. Although such projects -- called boondoggles by the short sighted -- usually pay many times their own costs in serendipitous dividends. </li></ul>
  • A trillion bytes is an $80 hard drive (in 2009).
  • A trillion computer clock cycles (internal logical states) in a home computer takes about 16 minutes (2GHz).
  • A trillion Uranium atoms weigh 0.000000004 grams (4×10-10g)
  • A trillion dollars is ten times the estimated cost of the entire currently proposed manned lunar landing project. But probably only five times the actual cost. Although such projects — called boondoggles by the short sighted — usually pay many times their own costs in serendipitous dividends.
    • ]]>         By: Erich Vieth http://dangerousintersection.org/2007/05/03/the-iraq-invasion-has-cost-more-than-one-trillion-dollars-how-much-is-one-trillion/comment-page-1/#comment-51057 Erich Vieth Mon, 07 Sep 2009 07:02:17 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=1274#comment-51057 Here is a great way to visualize one trillion dollars. http://www.ptm.org/uni/resources/ptmupdate/032309/conclusion.html Here is a great way to visualize one trillion dollars. http://www.ptm.org/uni/resources/ptmupdate/032309/conclusion.html

    ]]>         By: November 24, 2008 « Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodes? http://dangerousintersection.org/2007/05/03/the-iraq-invasion-has-cost-more-than-one-trillion-dollars-how-much-is-one-trillion/comment-page-1/#comment-30694 November 24, 2008 « Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodes? Mon, 24 Nov 2008 21:48:40 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=1274#comment-30694 [...] qualified to report on money matters have a hard time putting $1 trillion into perspective (try this: “It would take almost three decades to spend a trillion dollars at $1,000 per second), much [...] [...] qualified to report on money matters have a hard time putting $1 trillion into perspective (try this: “It would take almost three decades to spend a trillion dollars at $1,000 per second), much [...]

    ]]>         By: grumpypilgrim http://dangerousintersection.org/2007/05/03/the-iraq-invasion-has-cost-more-than-one-trillion-dollars-how-much-is-one-trillion/comment-page-1/#comment-23635 grumpypilgrim Thu, 21 Aug 2008 22:55:04 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=1274#comment-23635 How much is one trillion dollars? That's one thousand dollars for every minute since Jesus Christ was born. How much is one trillion dollars? That’s one thousand dollars for every minute since Jesus Christ was born.

    ]]>         By: MohammedLoya http://dangerousintersection.org/2007/05/03/the-iraq-invasion-has-cost-more-than-one-trillion-dollars-how-much-is-one-trillion/comment-page-1/#comment-21365 MohammedLoya Tue, 15 Jul 2008 00:09:20 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=1274#comment-21365 this whole war is an excuse to gain oil and a useless waste of $. After Iraq re stablizied troops should have left, but then again if they left there was the posibility that things would return to normal. but the govt should be focused on global problems like hunger, famine, education, health. etc. but watever. i hope this earns a scholarship this whole war is an excuse to gain oil and a useless waste of $. After Iraq re stablizied troops should have left, but then again if they left there was the posibility that things would return to normal. but the govt should be focused on global problems like hunger, famine, education, health. etc. but watever. i hope this earns a scholarship

    ]]>         By: grumpypilgrim http://dangerousintersection.org/2007/05/03/the-iraq-invasion-has-cost-more-than-one-trillion-dollars-how-much-is-one-trillion/comment-page-1/#comment-15523 grumpypilgrim Wed, 02 Jan 2008 01:09:33 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=1274#comment-15523 Any way we cut it, the cost of Bush's unnecessary invasion of Iraq is nearly incomprehensible, which is perhaps why so few Americans are calling for his impeachment. BTW, another way to put Bush's war spending into perspective is to observe that the U.S. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) -- the sum total of all the products and services produced in the entire country -- was slightly more than $13 trillion in 2006, so, if Bush blows $600 billion in one year in Iraq, that's about 5% of the entire U.S. economy. Thus, if the U.S. economy grows less than 5% per anum, the Iraq war basically negates the nation's real economic growth...and that's for each year he stays in Iraq. The really sick statistic is that the GDP is calculated in such a way that war spending actually increases it, thus making Bush's war look like a good thing for the economy, when in fact it's a disaster and could even prove ruinous in the long run. Any way we cut it, the cost of Bush’s unnecessary invasion of Iraq is nearly incomprehensible, which is perhaps why so few Americans are calling for his impeachment.

    BTW, another way to put Bush’s war spending into perspective is to observe that the U.S. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) — the sum total of all the products and services produced in the entire country — was slightly more than $13 trillion in 2006, so, if Bush blows $600 billion in one year in Iraq, that’s about 5% of the entire U.S. economy. Thus, if the U.S. economy grows less than 5% per anum, the Iraq war basically negates the nation’s real economic growth…and that’s for each year he stays in Iraq.

    The really sick statistic is that the GDP is calculated in such a way that war spending actually increases it, thus making Bush’s war look like a good thing for the economy, when in fact it’s a disaster and could even prove ruinous in the long run.

    ]]>         By: Erich Vieth http://dangerousintersection.org/2007/05/03/the-iraq-invasion-has-cost-more-than-one-trillion-dollars-how-much-is-one-trillion/comment-page-1/#comment-15500 Erich Vieth Mon, 31 Dec 2007 07:44:25 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=1274#comment-15500 The cost of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are close to 20 million dollars per hour. http://www.badastronomy.com/bablog/2007/12/28/terror-20-million-per-hour/ The cost of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are close to 20 million dollars per hour. http://www.badastronomy.com/bablog/2007/12/28/terror-20-million-per-hour/

    ]]>         By: Erich Vieth http://dangerousintersection.org/2007/05/03/the-iraq-invasion-has-cost-more-than-one-trillion-dollars-how-much-is-one-trillion/comment-page-1/#comment-15367 Erich Vieth Tue, 18 Dec 2007 17:18:48 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=1274#comment-15367 Bush has cost this country $32 TRILLION: "The federal government's fiscal exposures totaled approximately $53 trillion as of September 30, 2007, up more than $2 trillion from September 30, 2006, and an increase of more than $32 trillion from about $20 trillion as of September 30, 2000," Walker said. "This translates into a current burden of about $175,000 per American or approximately $455,000 per American household." http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2007/12/the-cost-of-bus.html Bush has cost this country $32 TRILLION:

    “The federal government’s fiscal exposures totaled approximately $53 trillion as of September 30, 2007, up more than $2 trillion from September 30, 2006, and an increase of more than $32 trillion from about $20 trillion as of September 30, 2000,” Walker said. “This translates into a current burden of about $175,000 per American or approximately $455,000 per American household.”

    http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2007/12/the-cost-of-bus.html

    ]]>         By: grumpypilgrim http://dangerousintersection.org/2007/05/03/the-iraq-invasion-has-cost-more-than-one-trillion-dollars-how-much-is-one-trillion/comment-page-1/#comment-12996 grumpypilgrim Wed, 13 Jun 2007 23:30:00 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=1274#comment-12996 Here's another comparison. The investment cost, over the next *decade*, to begin weaning America off oil is less than $200 billion, according to this website: http://www.oilendgame.com/Abstract.html. A trillion dollars could have made five such investments, presumably increasing the odds of success. Here’s another comparison. The investment cost, over the next *decade*, to begin weaning America off oil is less than $200 billion, according to this website: http://www.oilendgame.com/Abstract.html. A trillion dollars could have made five such investments, presumably increasing the odds of success.

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