On: Germany sets new solar-power record

[mietek]

Why is it a bizarre unit? I'm billed for my electricity use in kW/h.

[jules → mietek]

No, you're billed in kWh.

[philwelch → mietek]

In SI, energy is measured in joules, and power is measured in watts. One watt is one joule per second. It's indirect to say "watt-hour", because in effect you're saying joules per second times hours when you could have just said joules.

[orijing → philwelch]

That's true. I just think of kilowatt-hours as a single unit, like Joule. That way it's no more bizarre than saying Newtons instead of kg m/s^2