Why not MJ? This is the amount of energy which could include the energy content of the type of gas supplied.
Stan Doore ----- Original Message ----- From: "M R" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2003 4:47 PM Subject: [USMA:25864] Re: Utilities > Louis wrote > "France: > Electricity: kWh > Gas: kWh > Water: cubic meter" > > That is surprising, households buy water bottles from > shops in liters, but the tap water is measured in > cubic meters. Do they want to be purists. > > In DW-TV's (German TV) Motor program, they give the > vehicle's trunk space in liters. > > I guess EU should intervene and set standards for > these things before coming to USA in 2009. > > In India > Electricity : kWh > LPG Gas in cylinder : kg > Water : liter > Vegetable Oil : kg > > In my opinion, all items that are in the form of > liquids, gases and fine powder (like sugar, salt), etc > should be measured in liters, since they occupy the > whole space in a can, tin, bottle, etc. This way > there will be uniformity. > > Only the other stuff like meat, vegetables should be > measured in kg. > > Madan > > > > --- Louis JOURDAN <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > At 18:09 -0600 25/05/03, Carl Sorenson wrote: > > >I have a question for those of you in metric > > countries. How is water and > > >natural gas measured and billed? Apparently in the > > U.S. natural gas is > > >measured in cubic feet. Water engineers talk in > > gallons, but I think my > > >home had a bill in cubic feet. > > > > > >Do other countries use liters or cubic meters? It > > seems like liters would > > >be overly precise for natural gas, but cubic meters > > might not be precise > > >enough. Perhaps it is just rounded to the nearest > > 10 liters? > > > > > >Carl > > > > France: > > > > Electricity: kWh > > > > Gas: kWh > > > > Water: cubic meter > > > > Louis > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. > http://search.yahoo.com >
