That massive spike of 50c/kWh at the left looks tiny compared to today even though that’s already insanely expensive

  • hinterlufer@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    kWh is a unit of energy. Regardless of whether it is in the form of electricity or from burning fuel. So it is actually very related, and much more useful than a measurement of volume I’d argue. The measurement is of course done in m³, but then a conversion factor based on several factors is used to convert to an actually useful unit.

    A m³ of gas really could be anything depending on pressure, temperature and constituents.

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      11 months ago

      Yeah, even firewood can be (and not uncommonly is) measured in kWh

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      11 months ago

      (Brace yourself for Much 'Merica) Several gas utilities I’ve had in the USA measure natural gas CCF, which is 100 cubic feet (at some standard temperature/pressure), which happens to be almost exactly the same as a Therm, or 100,000 BTU.