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Links to Energy Units Materials

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definitions:
   barrels
   British Thermal Units (Btus)
   chemical energy
   conversion factors
   kilowatthour(kWh)
   miles per gallon (mpg)
   short tons
   Quads- quadrillion Btus
   volts
   watts
related pages:
   How Big is a Barrel? - petroleum
   Measuring Electricity
   Measuring Natural Gas
   Scientific Forms of Energy

On the main EIA website (for grownups):

information sheets- by topic:
   
Apples, Oranges, and Btu -comparing energy units (factors not as recent as in calculator)
summary materials:
   Conversion Factors for Other Countries- International Energy Annual
   Metric or Other Physical Conversion Factors - Annual Energy Review
   Thermal Conversion Factors - Annual Energy Review

On other sites :

Energy Converter - on the International Energy Agency website

Last Reviewed: May 2007

 

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