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		function_seven on Sept 25, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Someday aliens will land and all will be fine unti... As an unashamed imperial units enthusiast, now I’m sad we don’t have different ones for current and potential. But at least we still have horsepower! My PSU is a 3/4-horse unit. My toaster oven is a full horsepower. I like it.

mrguyorama on Sept 26, 2022 [–]

Your battery-electric vehicle has a capacity of 70 thousand horsepower-hours

function_seven on Sept 26, 2022 | [–]

Oh boy I wish. I'd only have to recharge like once a year! That's just nuts.

My 70kWh battery holds only 95 horsepower-hours. But I use the British Thermal Unit when talking about energy.

My BEV has 240 kilo-BTUs stored in it.

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