r/BeAmazed 17d ago

History This is Wild..!!

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u/TheMinick 17d ago

For those who don’t want to do the math, that’s a total of 11.25 billion over the course of 75 years. Bought for 1.1 B

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u/ForsakenAd2845 17d ago edited 17d ago

That is assuming 150m per year remains constant. It would significantly increase over years. Unless we get flying cars or some other fancy transportation tech in next 25 years.

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u/LuckyOneAway 17d ago

Inflation also exists. 1.1B in 2008 money is very different from 11B in 2083 money.

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u/TheKarenator 17d ago

I would bet the fees go up at a faster rate than inflation.