Dear Martin, With respect, I have to object to your use of the word "ahead" when the use of the unit, kWh, does so much to confuse the public about the difference between energy and power. See http://metricationmatters.com/docs/EnergyPowerDistanceSpeed.pdf
Cheers, Pat Naughtin Geelong, Australia On 2011/03/24, at 08:36 , Martin Vlietstra wrote: > At least the UK is ahead of Australia in one respect - all gas and electricty > bills are in the unit of measure, even if it is kWh. > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Pat Naughtin > Sent: 23 March 2011 21:18 > To: U.S. Metric Association > Cc: U.S. Metric Association > Subject: [USMA:50156] Re: Fw: Re: Energy bills > > On 2011/03/23, at 03:49 , John M. Steele wrote: > >> Does Australia require (or allow) gas and electric bills to billed in >> joules? If it is an allowable option, does any gas or electric company do >> it? > > > Dear John, > > My electricity bill measures the energy I buy in kilowatt-hours. I believe > that this is the common practice all over Australia. > > My gas bill measures the energy I but in joules. Again, I believe that this > is the common practice all over Australia. One company, chosen at random, has > a glossary that lists the way it uses joules. Go to > http://www.originenergy.com.au/605/Glossary and search for joule. > > Cheers, > > Pat Naughtin LCAMS > Author of the ebook, Metrication Leaders Guide, see > http://metricationmatters.com/MetricationLeadersGuideInfo.html > Hear Pat speak at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lshRAPvPZY > PO Box 305 Belmont 3216, > Geelong, Australia > Phone: 61 3 5241 2008 > > Metric system consultant, writer, and speaker, Pat Naughtin, has helped > thousands of people and hundreds of companies upgrade to the modern metric > system smoothly, quickly, and so economically that they now save thousands > each year when buying, processing, or selling for their businesses. Pat > provides services and resources for many different trades, crafts, and > professions for commercial, industrial and government metrication leaders in > Asia, Europe, and in the USA. Pat's clients include the Australian > Government, Google, NASA, NIST, and the metric associations of Canada, the > UK, and the USA. See http://www.metricationmatters.com for more metrication > information, contact Pat at [email protected] or to get the > free 'Metrication matters' newsletter go to: > http://www.metricationmatters.com/newsletter to subscribe. > Pat Naughtin LCAMS Author of the ebook, Metrication Leaders Guide, see http://metricationmatters.com/MetricationLeadersGuideInfo.html Hear Pat speak at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lshRAPvPZY PO Box 305 Belmont 3216, Geelong, Australia Phone: 61 3 5241 2008 Metric system consultant, writer, and speaker, Pat Naughtin, has helped thousands of people and hundreds of companies upgrade to the modern metric system smoothly, quickly, and so economically that they now save thousands each year when buying, processing, or selling for their businesses. Pat provides services and resources for many different trades, crafts, and professions for commercial, industrial and government metrication leaders in Asia, Europe, and in the USA. Pat's clients include the Australian Government, Google, NASA, NIST, and the metric associations of Canada, the UK, and the USA. See http://www.metricationmatters.com for more metrication information, contact Pat at [email protected] or to get the free 'Metrication matters' newsletter go to: http://www.metricationmatters.com/newsletter to subscribe.
