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kWh is already an uncanceled unit, drives me nuts even without adding per day
(Energy / time) * time? fuck you
Because nobody's used to seeing Joules, you could swap in kJ for kW-seconds but then you probably need to switch base (MJh) to keep it practical, and now people need to do extra math to tell what will be on their power bill
But go ahead and call your power company to get them to list Joules
My power company DOES tell me in Joules, but only for gas so that's already bullshit, and I live in Alberta so people already can't decipher their fucking power bill's opaque energy/distribution fee/transmission fee costs so that's bullshit too
But ...we're human - bullshit is really all we've got.
I suppose there is science, but eww...