Re: WSJ: Big tech firms seeking power

[Alex Rubenstein <alex () nac net>]

On Fri, 16 Jun 2006, Crist Clark wrote:

> > Error: you MULTIPLY 3.413 to go from watts to BTU, not divide. It's be
> > more like 154,000,000 BTU, /12000 or 12,798 tons.
>
> Well, the bigger problem here is that a watt is a measure of
> power (engergy/time) and a BTU is a unit of energy. There is no
> dimensionless conversion factor between the two.

Alright, I am sorry I missed that. It should read:

> > Error: you MULTIPLY 3.413 to go from watts to BTU/hr, not divide. It's 
> > be more like 154,000,000 BTU/hr, /12000 or 12,798 tons.

Sorry! Sheesh.


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