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gas bills confusion

wthorpy
wthorpy Posts: 1 Newbie
in Energy
can anyone explain WHY energy bills have to be converted into KwH, why don't we pay for gas on m3 as it say on the meter ???
we don't go to the petrol station and buy fuel on what energy it COULD give us.

CONFUSED

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  • Nada666
    Nada666 Posts: 5,004 Forumite
    Why is there any confusion? There are two different meter types - metric and imperial. Their meter units are different sizes. It takes one simple multiplication to convert the meter unit to kWhs. If tariffs were quoted in meter units then additional lists would be needed for each type. Why not just use the default unit - the kWh?

    To save countless arguments - why are you charging me three times more/less than what I thought I would be paying - the tariff defaults to the common unit that everyone can use.
  • jd87
    jd87 Posts: 2,345 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    The energy content of a given volume of petrol does not vary as much as it can vary for a given volume of gas.
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