You know, I was pretty happy about that all-metric news article. Then
all the "improvement" commenters weighed in.
Ah, well. I enjoyed that small metrication success until then.
Jim
On 12/23/2019 08:53, Stanislav Jakuba wrote:
Megajoules? Since when is the joule/area a unit in radiation? Radiation
is energy-flow thus power. Average insolation in the US is usually
considered of 200 W/m2 if my memory serves me right. So Seattle might be
100 W/m2, or maybe 50 W/m2.
Stan J
On Mon, Dec 23, 2019 at 9:09 AM John Steele <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
A better reference might be a clear, sunny day at the same latitude,
on the same date. I estimate around 14 MJ depending on exact
assumptions.
What would one "convert" it to? British Thermal Units per square
yard? Horses per acre?
On Monday, December 23, 2019, 8:31:30 AM EST, Phil Chernack
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
That's great but wouldn't it be better if there were some reference
points like how much solar energy other cities receive. The best
way to make metric work is to make it relevant in every day life. If
people want to understand km, learn the distances between cities,
kg--the weight (mass) of common objects, etc.
Phil
On Mon, Dec 23, 2019 at 7:38 AM James R. Frysinger
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Foxnews published this article about the total insolation in
Seattle
last Friday amounting to only 0.37 MJ/m² (though they spelled
out the
unit names). No "translation"! I posted a supportive comment.
https://nam01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fus%2Fseattle-sees-its-darkest-day-in-recorded-history-report&data=02%7C01%7Cusma%40lists.colostate.edu%7C4bcfefd8b2b9492a3e0808d787c2ae4b%7Cafb58802ff7a4bb1ab21367ff2ecfc8b%7C0%7C0%7C637127142536134019&sdata=5yjpCVKeYo96J87nStwZYKusF5LCRDKeqfccm2cnVUo%3D&reserved=0
<https://nam01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fus%2Fseattle-sees-its-darkest-day-in-recorded-history-report&data=02%7C01%7Cusma%40lists.colostate.edu%7C4bcfefd8b2b9492a3e0808d787c2ae4b%7Cafb58802ff7a4bb1ab21367ff2ecfc8b%7C0%7C0%7C637127142536134019&sdata=5yjpCVKeYo96J87nStwZYKusF5LCRDKeqfccm2cnVUo%3D&reserved=0>
Jim
--
James R. Frysinger
632 Stoney Point Mtn Rd
Doyle TN 38559-3030
(C) 931.212.0267
(H) 931.657.3107
(F) 931.657.3108
_______________________________________________
USMA mailing list
[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
https://lists.colostate.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/usma
_______________________________________________
USMA mailing list
[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
https://lists.colostate.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/usma
_______________________________________________
USMA mailing list
[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
https://lists.colostate.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/usma
_______________________________________________
USMA mailing list
[email protected]
https://lists.colostate.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/usma
