Conflation of energy and power are all too common. As an entertaining aside some years ago I was at a home improvement exhibition. One of the exhibitors was Tesla showing off their Powerwall. I went to speak with the salesman and he kept saying “kW” when he was referring to energy. I politely corrected him each time, and there were a lot…
Conflation of energy and power are all too common. As an entertaining aside some years ago I was at a home improvement exhibition. One of the exhibitors was Tesla showing off their Powerwall. I went to speak with the salesman and he kept saying “kW” when he was referring to energy. I politely corrected him each time, and there were a lot of times. At first I thought it was just a misspeak or laziness but he grew tired of me correcting him and became less and less professional as the conversation went on. I eventually told him that I was politely correcting him but if this is the way Tesla talks to customers I’d have been better telling you from the outset that you’re an idiot. Happy days.
Conflation of energy and power are all too common. As an entertaining aside some years ago I was at a home improvement exhibition. One of the exhibitors was Tesla showing off their Powerwall. I went to speak with the salesman and he kept saying “kW” when he was referring to energy. I politely corrected him each time, and there were a lot of times. At first I thought it was just a misspeak or laziness but he grew tired of me correcting him and became less and less professional as the conversation went on. I eventually told him that I was politely correcting him but if this is the way Tesla talks to customers I’d have been better telling you from the outset that you’re an idiot. Happy days.
I just updated the article as well to reflect kwh and gwh and a better comparison on how much nuclear reactors produce!