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Re:Uber Hires Veteran NASA Engineer to Develop Flying Cars by FabHK on Monday February 06, 2017 @01:00PM (#13582123)
> on the order of 1,000 kilowatts per hour

1000 kW, or 1000 kWh per h. That's the beauty of P = Power = W/t = Energy / Time.

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Re:Uber Hires Veteran NASA Engineer to Develop Flying Cars by LeifCarrotson on Wednesday February 08, 2017 @02:05PM (#13601030)
I was trying to convert gallons of Jet A per hour into something comparable with battery packs which have capacity measured in kWh, and derped hard. Thanks for the correction.
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