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PAPERBACK price:$40.00 add to cart Rights & Permissions Free PDF Access Sign in to download PDF book and chapters Free Resources Display this book on your site! Related Titles America's Energy Future:Technology and Transformation Cooperation in the Energy Futures of China and the United States Other Related Titles The National Academies Summit on America's Energy Future: Summary of a Meeting (2008) Board on Energy and Environmental Systems (BEES) Citation Manager Export the bibliographic data for this book in your chosen format Web Search Builder Use this book's key terms to search within this book, across our collection, or across the Web. Skim This Chapter Skim this chapter and use this chapter's key terms to search within this book. Reference Finder Paste in your own text to find books that relate to your topic. Citation Manager . "Appendix D: Units of Measure and Equivalences." The National Academies Summit on America's Energy Future: Summary of a Meeting. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2008. Please select a format: Page 161   E-mail Share on facebook Facebook Share on delicious Delicious Share on stumbleupon Stumble Share on twitter Twitter More Sharing ServicesMore The following HTML text is provided to enhance online readability. Many aspects of typography translate only awkwardly to HTML. Please use the page image as the authoritative form to ensure accuracy. D Units of Measure and Equivalences TABLE D.1 Prefixes for Units in the International System Prefix Symbol Power Value Example kilo k 103 thousand kilowatt (kW) mega M 106 million megawatt (MW) giga G 109 billion gigawatt (GW) tera T 1012 trillion terawatt (TW) peta P 1015 quadrillion petagram (Pg) exa E 1018 quintillion exajoule (EJ) Units of Measure, Abbreviations, and Equivalences Barrel (bbl) of oil = 0.136 tons of oil British thermal unit (Btu) = 1,055 joules (J) CO2 e = carbon dioxide equivalent gallon (gal) = 3.785 liters hectare (ha) = 10,000 square meters = 2.47 acres kilowatt-hour (kWh) = 3.6 × 106 J liter (l) = 0.2642 gal U.S. metric ton (tonne) = 1,000 kg = 1.1023 short tons million barrels of oil per day = 2.24 EJ per year quad = quadrillion (1015) Btu = 1.055 EJ Page 161 Front Matter (R1-R18) Part I: The Current Context (1-2) 1 A Growing Sense of Urgency (3-10) 2 The Challenge of Global Warming (11-19) 3 The Developing World - The Case of China (20-28) Part II: Energy Supplies (29-30) 4 Petroleum and Natural Gas (31-38) 5 Coal (39-43) 6 Nuclear Power (44-48) 7 Biofuels (49-58) 8 Other Renewable Sources of Energy (59-62) Part III: Energy Uses (63-64) 9 Transportation (65-76) 10 Buildings and Industry (77-82) Part IV: Meeting the Challenge (83-84) 11 Pathways to a Sustainable Future (85-102) 12 The Public Sector Response (103-127) 13 The Role of the Private Sector - The Case of Google (128-132) 14 Barriers and Potential (133-138) References (139-140) Appendixes (141-142) Appendix A: America's Energy Future Project (143-147) Appendix B: Speakers at the Summit (148-156) Appendix C: Summit Agenda (157-160) Appendix D: Units of Measure and Equivalences (161-162)

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The National Academies Summit on America’s Energy Future: Summary of a Meeting D Units of Measure and Equivalences TABLE D.1 Prefixes for Units in the International System Prefix Symbol Power Value Example kilo k 103 thousand kilowatt (kW) mega M 106 million megawatt (MW) giga G 109 billion gigawatt (GW) tera T 1012 trillion terawatt (TW) peta P 1015 quadrillion petagram (Pg) exa E 1018 quintillion exajoule (EJ) Units of Measure, Abbreviations, and Equivalences Barrel (bbl) of oil = 0.136 tons of oil British thermal unit (Btu) = 1,055 joules (J) CO2 e = carbon dioxide equivalent gallon (gal) = 3.785 liters hectare (ha) = 10,000 square meters = 2.47 acres kilowatt-hour (kWh) = 3.6 × 106 J liter (l) = 0.2642 gal U.S. metric ton (tonne) = 1,000 kg = 1.1023 short tons million barrels of oil per day = 2.24 EJ per year quad = quadrillion (1015) Btu = 1.055 EJ

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