British thermal unit

基本解釋

Typical units of energy are kW/h, Btu (British thermal unit), Hp/h, ft/lbf, joule and calorie.
經(jīng)常用的能量單位有：千瓦/小時、英國熱量單位、馬力/小時、焦耳、卡等。
That land receives more than 4, 500 quadrillion British thermal units (Btu) of solar energy a year.
這片土地一年接受了超過了450 京BTU的太陽能。
At current low prices of less than $5 per million British thermal units, natural gas doesn't need subsidies to encourage utilities to switch from coal or oil to gas for generating power.
天然氣目前每英制熱量單位不足5美元的低價位，不用津貼就足以使業(yè)者從煤、石油發(fā)電改爲(wèi)天然氣發(fā)電。

International, realized that standard measurements for sources of energy—barrels of oil, tons of coal, gallons of gas, British thermal units—were nearly impossible to compare.
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First, the history: Back in 1993, President Clinton proposed a broad-based energy tax (called a BTU tax since it taxed energy content measured in British Thermal Units).
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To put that in perspective, the Energy Information Agency, part of the U.S. Department of Energy, estimates the country annually consumes 100 quads (lingo for quadrillion British thermal units)y.
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