What is a kilowatt-Hour?
I have just been watching BBC Breakfast as people were trying to understand their electricity statements, which have been braqnded as confusing, by Consumer Focus.
A couple of those interviewed asked what a kilowatt-Hour was? Where were they at school? Or is such basic information not taught any more?
It’s very simple really! It’s the amount of electricity that a one bar or one kilowatt fire would use in an hour, or the amount a hundred watt light bulb would use in ten hours.
We really must teach these basic facts of life better. Perhaps then, that waste of our taxes, Consumer Focus, could be dismantled or just deal with genuine complaints, safety and health issues.
Here is their Annual Report for Consumer Focus for 2009/10. They spent £11,676,000 on staff costs for a start and they only had 226 employees. So that’s £51, 663 per employee.
The Anonymous Widower 
It never ceases to amaze me what young people havent learnt at school. Many of them dont know how to write a basic business letter, balance a cheque book or at least it’s modern equipment, alter the quantities in a recipe, measure up a window for curtains …
My girls can do that because I taught them, but most cant
Comment by Liz P | August 3, 2010 |