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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When you start pushing a cart, you keep applying an amount of power to it, measured in KW, so that it keeps moving.
All the cart pushing while you do your shopping is measured in KWh: KW per hour, e.g. the total amount of energy used by you during that shopping cycle.
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