To: E=MC<sup>2</sup>
Oops...I'm as bad as the media...the peak "demand" reported was something like 9,000 megawatt hours, which must have been for the entire Tampa Bay region.
27 posted on
07/29/2005 2:50:30 PM PDT by
E=MC<sup>2</sup>
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To: E=MC<sup>2</sup>
the peak "demand" reported was something like 9,000 megawatt hours Wait a minute again! 'Peak' implies a rate rather than a total. (Just as 'peak speed' would be measured in 'miles/hour'. Total distance would be speed times time, which gives 'distance'.)
If they wanted to say 'power' they should use 'megawatts'. If they want to say 'energy' they should use 'megawatt hours'. It sounds as if they were talking about power since they mentioned a peak value. This means people were using energy a the highest RATE for the day. They should have said 'megawatts', the proper unit for power, not 'megawatt hours'.
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07/29/2005 3:15:14 PM PDT by
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