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Joules is the solution to both the problems (the second is that Wh for energy is as silly as speed hours for distance)
by mjan22640 2y ago
Joules is the solution to both the problems (the second is that Wh for energy is as silly as speed hours for distance)
- XorNot 2y agoWatt-hours is a perfectly pragmatic unit. Measure instantaneous power and multiply by a common human unit of time. It's easy to compare.
- ben_w 2y agoPart of me is tempted to suggest kilograms as a unit of energy. 428.6 kg relativistic mass-energy equivalent: https://www.wolframalpha.com/input?i=10.7PWh%2F%28c%5E2%29 https://www.wolframalpha.com/input?i=10.7PWh%2F%28c%5E2%29 But then, I am a silly person.
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- XorNot 2y agoCall the unit "Kilogram-Joules", abbreviate as KgJ and it works pretty damn well and unambiguously. The problem is we don't live in a society powered by matter-antimatter annihilation reactions, or black evaporation so it's not really useful - unlike say, the electron-volt which at least serves physicists nicely.
- sbierwagen 2y ago>(the second is that Wh for energy is as silly as speed hours for distance) This would be a devastating own if a single Joule wasn't exactly equal to a Watt-second.