Dear Madan, You are only partially correct in saying, 'We receive our utility bills in kWh'. I don't buy 'utility', (and I don't buy 'power') I buy energy.
I am convinced that the company that supplies me with electrical energy uses the old mixed SI-Babylonian unit for the express purpose of making it difficult for me to compare my electrical energy bill with my chemical energy (gas) bill. I partly agree with you 'it will be easier to visualise the nation and world's energy consumption in the same pattern'. I agree that we need to use only one unit (and I think that should be the joule) but I totally disagree that the old SI-Babylonian unit TWh is in any way necessary for this to take place. The coal industry and the gas industry seem to be quite able to 'visualise the nation and world's energy consumption' using units such as megajoules and petajoules. Regards, Pat Naughtin CAMS Geelong, Australia on 2002-07-13 22.31, M R at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi Robert > > We receive our utility bills in kWh and it will be > easier to visualise the nation and world's energy > consumption in the same pattern. Also the output of > nuclear and hydro-electric power plants is expressed > only in TWh. Joule's may be good for purists, but for > a layman kWh & TWh is good enough. > > Afterall TWh is a SI unit, but not MTOE (million tons > oil equivalent). > > Madan > > --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 16:18:58 EDT >> Subject: [USMA:20994] Energy unit TWH >> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> 2002 July 12 >> Madan; >> In 20959 you tell Claire to give energy in >> units of TWH. >> >> This is wrong. The watt hour is allowed only for >> electricity. >> >> Energy is given in multiples of joule. >> >> Further, the symbol for hour is h, not H. >> >> Robert Bushnell >> > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Autos - Get free new car price quotes > http://autos.yahoo.com >
