prototype_g2@lemmy.ml to xkcd@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 year agoxkcd #3038: Uncanceled Unitsxkcd.comexternal-linkmessage-square42linkfedilinkarrow-up1279arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up1279arrow-down1external-linkxkcd #3038: Uncanceled Unitsxkcd.comprototype_g2@lemmy.ml to xkcd@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 year agomessage-square42linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareRvTV95XBeo@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 year agoBut the XKCD mentions kWh/day specifically, in theory the times can cancel out, leaving you with kW But instantaneous and average kW are very different, and it would take more time to describe that distinction than to use kWh/day.
minus-squarekittehx@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoOk that’s fair, I kinda glossed over that part. Both are valid interpretations, I think.
But the XKCD mentions kWh/day specifically, in theory the times can cancel out, leaving you with kW
But instantaneous and average kW are very different, and it would take more time to describe that distinction than to use kWh/day.
Ok that’s fair, I kinda glossed over that part. Both are valid interpretations, I think.