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Re:Why A4? – The Mathematical Beauty of Paper Size by anonymous_sorry on Monday September 05, 2022 @06:03AM (#32722486)
kWh is more metric than imperial, although Joules are of course the standard unit of energy.

Watts are a metric unit, as are seconds. Hours are not formally an SI unit, but at least according to Wikipedia [0] are "officially accepted for use with the SI".

[0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-SI_units_mentioned_in_th...

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Re:Why A4? – The Mathematical Beauty of Paper Size by midasuni on Monday September 05, 2022 @06:24AM (#32722658)
A kilowatt hour is 1000 joules per second over 3600 seconds, the amount of power a 1kW heater uses in 1 hour. Its as metric as the hectare
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Re:Why A4? – The Mathematical Beauty of Paper Size by HPsquared on Monday September 05, 2022 @06:42AM (#32722787)
And 1 Joule is one Newton-metre (i.e. it takes 1 J to pull with a force of 1 N over a distance 1 m).
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Re:Why A4? – The Mathematical Beauty of Paper Size by anonymous_sorry on Monday September 05, 2022 @07:20AM (#32723074)
You are right. Is say it is metric, if not standard SI.
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