Charlie Bell wrote: > >> That's why it's a good practice to keep everything Metric >> until the very last moment. kWh is an aberration, and should >> be banned. > > Why? Watts are a perfectly good unit. > Yes, and so are Joules. Energy should be measured in Joules, not in kWh.
> Apart from for measuring car power. Makes no sense to me. 200kW? > WTF? BHP please!!! > Why not? Keep units unconsistent, and the public will not notice how much they are overpaying for the same thing. The Evil Capitalists do it all the time here: products that were sold in packages of 200 g, suddenly drop to 180 g, then 160 g, then 140 g, while keeping the same _volume_ and the same price. When I become the Evil Overlord, one of my first 300 or so measures will be to impose fixed sizes for everything, with the punishment of organ removal for those that don't comply (of couse, using Imperial units will be punishable with the removal of _both_ kidneys). Darth Monteiro, Protector of the People _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
