Question 1

What is a quad?

Accepted Answer

Quadrillion BTU = 10¹⁵ BTU = 1.055 × 10¹⁸ joules. Used for national energy consumption statistics.

Question 2

How much is a quad of energy?

Accepted Answer

US uses ~100 quads/year. 1 quad ≈ 8 billion gallons gasoline ≈ 36 million tons coal.

Question 3

What's the difference between energy and power?

Accepted Answer

Energy (joules, kWh) is total work done. Power (watts) is energy per unit time. A 100W bulb for 10 hours = 1 kWh of energy.

Question 4

Why are there so many energy units?

Accepted Answer

Different fields developed their own: BTU for heating, calories for nutrition, joules for physics, kWh for electricity billing.

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