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• MagicShel@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  It’s easier to visualize than kilo-gallons.

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• PowerCrazy@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I guess if you don’t understand units of water per area, then there is no reason to expect you to be able to do any kind of critical analysis about why “pumped hydro” is a problem.

  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acre-foot

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  • Korhaka@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I am not American, so why would I use an American unit of measurement?

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    • PowerCrazy@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      You can use whatever moon-units you want. I prefer to use people-centric units.

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      • Korhaka@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Ok, if you want an approximate American unit equivalent to a megalitre think of it as cube that can fit a blue whale

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  • JackbyDev@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Dude, people can laugh at a term while still being able to do “critical analysis” 🙄 “foot pound” sounds funny too. People can giggle about Uranus and still be astronomers.

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