What kills me is when I read specs by people who should know better that a certain generator can produce xxx MW per day. How many have seen this before?
Euric ----- Original Message ----- From: "Terry Simpson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, 2004-05-18 06:04 Subject: [USMA:29833] RE: Aid to Iraq --- in metric units > > Of James Frysinger > >In a continuing discussion of Iraq with my folks, siblings, and kids > >I have provided this link. It is the product of USAID, which is part > >of the State Department. > >http://www.usaid.gov/iraq/updates/may04/iraq_fs31_051104.pdf > > Thanks. I am pleased it is metric. Being pedantic I have the following > comments: > > At the top of page 2 it says: "Generated 4,518 MW on October 6" then > "Generated 98,917 MW hours on February 14". Something is wrong there. > > Further down the page, it describes a "400-kv line". It should, of course, > be a "400 kV line". > > I am delighted to see "225,000 cubic meters" per day on page 5 when talking > about water supply. This unit is widely used in that industry. Curiously, it > then switches units to "510 million liters" per day (instead of 510,000 > cubic meters) on page 6. > >
