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To: Onelifetogive
Again LOL. Yesterday, our local radio station announced that TECO energy had set an alltime summer demand record of (ta da) 9 megawatt hours. Seems endemic that the media confuses energy, power, voltage, current, etc.
18 posted on 07/29/2005 2:43:26 PM PDT by E=MC<sup>2</sup> (Are liberals born stupid, or do they have to work at it???)
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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> (Are liberals born stupid, or do they have to work at it???)
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To: E=MC<sup>2</sup>

Being as to how the average power plant is probably 500mw/hr and their unit auxillary usage is 20+/mw/hr somebody is off a few decimals.


28 posted on 07/29/2005 2:50:30 PM PDT by BipolarBob (Yes I backed over the vampire, but I swear I didn't see it in my rearview mirror.)
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To: E=MC<sup>2</sup>
energy, power, voltage, current

For a reporter, those are synonyms. Varying terms to use at random when writing articles about 'electricity'. These are the kind of people who, when you tell them you are in the sciences, say, "Oh, I always hated that stuff."

33 posted on 07/29/2005 2:53:43 PM PDT by Right Wing Assault ("..this administration is planning a 'Right Wing Assault' on values and ideals.." - John Kerry)
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To: E=MC<sup>2</sup>

C'mon give 'em a break. It's not like they did something REALLY BAD, like spell "Havana" with two "n"s.

/sarcasm


69 posted on 07/30/2005 7:39:46 AM PDT by leftcoaster
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