Update: I am actually searching for really simple, intuitive ways to explain it. I have a background in engineering, but am struggling to explain why we “pay for kwh”, and not kw (on our electricity bill) to someone who doesn’t. I have tried in many ways but maybe I’m not giving the right examples or making the right comparisons. I am really searchig for a way to ELI5.
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It’s like the difference between speed and distance travelled, where speed would be the kw and distance would be the kwh. When you pay for travel you generally pay for how far you go rather than the speed of the journey.
When you fill your car up with fuel, they don’t charge by how fast the fuel goes into the car (kw) but rather by the speed it goes into your car multiplied by the time you spend doing that, which is the amount (kwh).
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