I'll admit that my understanding of all literary forms isn't very complete, but this doesn't appear to be satire either. Satire is all about pointing out flaws and exploiting them for humor. This is just a not-true story that would be funny if it had happened, which doesn't even make it a rumor.
I know it's satire but as an aside in the UK at least this wouldn't be legal.
There's a maximum amount you're allowed to pay in small change - there was a case recently where someone paid damages (£1000 or so) in copper coins and it was deemed as not paid and is actually a criminal offence..
$1bn is 20bn nickels. With a diameter of 21.21mm and height of 1.95mm, that's an area of about 689mm, assuming 800 for a lack of packing efficiency. 800 * 20,000,000,000 = 16 trillion mm^3, or 16,000 m^3. A high end dump truck can carry ~20 yards of material, which is about 15.3 m^3. That means you'd require (16,000 m^3/15.3 m^3 per truck) = ~1,046 trucks.
1,046 trucks. Fact check your satire, bro.
(Alternatively, using the "more than 30" figure of say, 35, each truck would be carrying 457 m^3 of nickels, or about 571.5 million nickels, which would weigh 3150 short tons per truck.)
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[ 2.8 ms ] story [ 28.0 ms ] threadThere's a maximum amount you're allowed to pay in small change - there was a case recently where someone paid damages (£1000 or so) in copper coins and it was deemed as not paid and is actually a criminal offence..
http://www.royalmint.com/aboutus/policies-and-guidelines/leg...
$1bn is 20bn nickels. With a diameter of 21.21mm and height of 1.95mm, that's an area of about 689mm, assuming 800 for a lack of packing efficiency. 800 * 20,000,000,000 = 16 trillion mm^3, or 16,000 m^3. A high end dump truck can carry ~20 yards of material, which is about 15.3 m^3. That means you'd require (16,000 m^3/15.3 m^3 per truck) = ~1,046 trucks.
1,046 trucks. Fact check your satire, bro.
(Alternatively, using the "more than 30" figure of say, 35, each truck would be carrying 457 m^3 of nickels, or about 571.5 million nickels, which would weigh 3150 short tons per truck.)
Fun morning exercise, at least.