In the Netherlands electricity is measured in kW.h, but gas is not measured by MJ but in cubic meters,. as is water.
Han ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pat Naughtin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, 2003-08-21 3:01 Subject: [USMA:26685] Re: Slightly less off topic: Electricity consumption > Dear Terry and All, > > My gas bill is in megajoules (MJ) and my electricity bill is in > kilowatt-hours (kWh) and I think that this is the common practice all over > Australia. > > Cheers, > > Pat Naughtin LCAMS > Geelong, Australia > > Pat Naughtin is the editor of the free online newsletter, 'Metrication > matters'. You can subscribe by sending an email containing the words > subscribe Metrication matters to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- > > on 2003-08-20 01.03, Terry Simpson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Bruce Hebbard wrote: > >> the units are average kWh used per DAY. > >> I'm tempted to write the utility and say something like, > >> "Thanks for the average. BTW, studies have shown that > >> the average number of hours used per day hovers > >> consistently around 24.0, so it's OK with me if you > >> want to factor that out and just give me plain old watts..." > > > > Funny! > > > > UK electricity and gas bills are in kWh. They should be in kJ. I think > > Australia uses kJ. > > > > Is it that all US electricity bills are in kWh and all US gas bills are in > > BTU? > > > > >
