Thanks John. And I appreciate your large print suggestion. Even a screaming print, however, may not suffice. An illustration: A neighboring town just announced obtaining grants for erecting a solar plant similar to the one our town got 6 years ago. On the promise of $15,000 saving on el. bills annually. Our panels save us $600 (!) annually. That data is on the Internet for anybody to read, and the neighboring town officials can almost see our panels from their cityhall. Go figure. Stan.
On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 3:29 PM, John M. Steele <[email protected]>wrote: > Stan, > I have two suggestions: > 1) The small print should be large, bold print! > 2) In paragraph on Watt, "that one unit only suffices," it is a bit unclear > on first reading what "only" attaches to. May I suggest "that a single unit > suffices" might be clearer. > > --- On *Fri, 9/9/11, Stanislav Jakuba <[email protected]>* wrote: > > > From: Stanislav Jakuba <[email protected]> > Subject: [USMA:51105] Calculations easy > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> > Cc: "Don HIllger" <[email protected]>, "aaj" <[email protected]> > Date: Friday, September 9, 2011, 11:33 AM > > > Note: This e-mail was apparently "blocked" as some of the earlier ones > were. Here is a new attempt. > > Some of you may have noticed the "Metrication at Otis Elevator > Company" article in the latest issue of METRIC TODAY. > > Thinking that the editor may be short of material, I drafted another > article for him. But before I submit it I thought I'd have it scrutinized by > the sharp-eyed members of this forum. > > And to avoid the usual energy vs. power units controversy, let me confirm > that: > (1) energy consumption indicates a *flow* which is power and therefore the > unit is W > (2) energy consumed indicates an *amount, *and when the amount refers to a > battery or fuel the unit is J, but when it pertains to time, such as in > a day or a year, it is power, thus in W. > > I trust we agree on that issue. > Stan Jakuba > >
