Re: [OM] ( OM ) OT; China - a shift in global power?

[Piers Hemy]

... nor do *I* know whether that is sextillion ton[ne]s by the long (10^36)
or short (10^21) scale.

I wonder what is the resulting range of possible answers?

Piers 

-----Original Message-----
From: Chuck Norcutt [mailto:chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: 13 November 2009 11:22
To: Olympus Camera Discussion
Subject: Re: [OM] ( OM ) OT; China - a shift in global power?

I noted the term "sextillion" at the bottom of the table in the link below.
That called to mind a little factoid I've carried in my head for years and
years and the only time I've heard "sextillion" in usage... 
the weight of the earth is six sextillion tons.

Now I don't know whose version of "ton" is meant here...  :-)

Chuck Norcutt



SwissPace wrote:
> I believe the american trillion like the billion differs from what 
> europe thinks it means
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_and_short_scales
> 
> so maybe 347 trillion is not so far from 2 trillion.
> 
> 
> 
> 
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