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I don't see why the discussion centres on TWh, not TW. The former means something only when a time-frame is stated (per year, in this case). To avoid confusio
by bluenose69 3y ago
I don't see why the discussion centres on TWh, not TW. The former means something only when a time-frame is stated (per year, in this case). To avoid confusion, that interval ought to be stated in every phrase containing the unit. Which it isn't.
This is needlessly confusing. It's not as though W is a confusing unit. Readers have an idea of the wattage of their lights, their stoves, their furnaces.
- robin_reala 3y agoLights, maybe, but I doubt they do for their stoves. And “furnaces” (a en-US term which I guess is approximate to a gas boiler) are nearly always measured in terms of the units of gas they consume in the UK, not their power output.
- rsynnott 3y agoUnfortunately the ridiculous TWh/year metric is absolutely standard in the space, and it's far too late to do anything about it now.