Neste gang du hører en politiker, skjødesløst snakke om milliarder til dette og hint, skal du tenke over hvor mye en milliard egentlig er! Denne lille tankevekkeren fant jeg på nettet, opphavsmann/-kvinne er ukjent. Riktignok beregnet for amerikanske forhold når det gjelder statens forbruk, men allikevel:

A billion (milliard) is a difficult number to comprehend, but one advertising agency did a good job of putting that figure into perspective in one of its releases.

a. A billion seconds ago it was 1959.
b. A billion minutes ago Jesus was alive.
c. A billion hours ago our ancestors were living in the Stone Age.
d. A billion days ago no-one walked on two feet on earth.
e. A billion dollars ago was only 8 hours and 20 minutes, at the rate our government spends it.

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