[USMA:54217] FW: Re: 3x the energy per kilogram.

2014-07-25 Thread John Altounji
John Steele is correct. Q=It John Altounji One size does not fit all. Social promotion ruined Education. From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of John M. Steele Sent: Friday, July 25, 2014 4:08 PM To: U.S. Metric Association Cc: metricmik...@gmail.com

[USMA:54216] Re: 3x the energy per kilogram.

2014-07-25 Thread James
I agree that the ampere hour is not an energy unit. Were they claiming three times as many ampere hours or three times as much energy in their ad? It seems to me that the latter case is the one that they were making. Note the subsequent phrase "compared to ...". Yes, the larger battery depicte

[USMA:54215] Re: 3x the energy per kilogram.

2014-07-25 Thread ezra . steinberg
Carry on, lads! :-) Ezra - Original Message - From: "John M. Steele" To: "USMA" Cc: metricmik...@gmail.com Sent: Friday, July 25, 2014 4:08:29 PM Subject: [USMA:54214] Re: 3x the energy per kilogram. I will see your nitpick and raise you a nitpick. Ampere hours are a unit of

[USMA:54214] Re: 3x the energy per kilogram.

2014-07-25 Thread John M. Steele
I will see your nitpick and raise you a nitpick.  Ampere hours are a unit of charge, not energy.  Since the nominal voltage of the battery is not listed, we don't know the energy. From: James To: U.S. Metric Association Cc: metricmik...@gmail.com Sent: Fri

[USMA:54213] Re: 3x the energy per kilogram.

2014-07-25 Thread James
If you want to be technical about it, they should have said "three times the energy per mass". Jim -- James R. Frysinger 632 Stoney Point Mountain Road Doyle TN 38559-3030 (C) 931.212.0267 (H) 931.657.3107 (F) 931.657.3108 On 2014-07-25 16:42, Michael Payne wrote: But the mass is in pounds

[USMA:54211] Re: FW: Comments to FTC from the NCWM & NIST

2014-07-25 Thread John M. Steele
Eugene, Thanks for forwarding the NCWM comments on FPLA.  An excellent set of comments covering both the case of permissive-metric-only and the present dual labeling. There is only one I disagree with.  As much as I want permissive-metric-only, I DON'T want it via "enforcement discretion."  Enf