Robert Bushnell wrote in USMA 21045:

>                            2002 July 13
>Joe Reid;
>        It is good of you to show us a little nonsense.  The fact that the
>watt is the SI unit for all power is not relevant to the hour.
>
>I quote from Z234.1-00  CSA International
>      in part
>            6.14.1 The watthour (W.h) and its multiples are widely used
>            as a measure of electrical energy consumption.
>            Mechanical energy should be expressed in kilojoules (kJ)
>            or megajoules (MJ).
>
>I quote from SI 10-1997    in part
>            3.3.2.5 Energy
>            The kilowatthour is widely used as a measure of electrical
>            energy.  This unit should not be introduced into any new
>            fields, and eventually should be replaced.
>
>Indeed, the TWh is an improvement over oil equivalents.  If TWh is what I
>have to see to get rid of oil equivalents and quads, I will take it.
>
>                            Robert Bushnell


I am glad that Robert and I have reached consensus.  I note that he has
quoted Canadian and US documents, and not BIPM.

Joseph B.Reid
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Toronto  M5P 1C8             Tel. 416 486-6071

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