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shawabawa3
38 days ago
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Belgium stops decommissioning nuclear power plants
The real problem is the widespread usage of Wh as a unit of energy
It would make way more sense to use J and J/h instead
db48x
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I regard that as a downstream effect of giving power a unit in the first place, but yes. We should have just stuck to J and J/s. It would have prevented the kWh and also abominations like the mAh “capacity” ratings you see on batteries.
CalRobert
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I gotta start describing distances as mph-hours
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It would make way more sense to use J and J/h instead