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Anyone know what mains gas costs per cubic metre ?

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    #11
    Top floor flat Even in the dead of Winter it rarely drops below 15 degrees C in my flat. I just wear a dressing gown or something warm to cover that. Or if I eat a lot of have been to the gym I stay warm too

    I sometimes measure the floor temperature and it’s often around 21 degrees.

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      #12
      Originally posted by BrowneIssue View Post
      cubic metres

      Sorry to be pedantic, but both of these errors bug me.

      a) 2 metres cubed is 8 cubic metres.

      b) A meter is a measuring device, except in that big country that doesn't acknowledge metric where they insist on spelling everything wrongly.
      No. 2 metres cubed = 2 m^3 - Know your operator precedence. At best, though highly unlikely, it could be regarded as ambiguous without parenthesis, but I followed it with an example.
      (2 metre)^3 is what you are think of. As for my spelling mistake, yes well spotted

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        #13
        PowerGen

        33 units =1062 kWh
        each kWh = 3.081p plus 5% VAT

        Each unit is 1 hcf (WTF an hcf is, I don't know. <something> cubic feet?).

        1 unit = 2.83 cubic metres.
        Drivelling in TPD is not a mental health issue. We're just community blogging, that's all.

        Xenophon said: "CUK Geek of the Week". A gingerjedi certified "Elitist Tw@t". Posting rated @ 5 lard points

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          #14
          Originally posted by BrowneIssue View Post
          PowerGen

          33 units =1062 kWh
          each kWh = 3.081p plus 5% VAT

          Each unit is 1 hcf (WTF an hcf is, I don't know. <something> cubic feet?).

          1 unit = 2.83 cubic metres.
          It looks like hcf = 'hundreds of cubic feet'. To convert to m^3 multiply by 2.83, as you say. My meter is pretty modern, so yes there’s no guarantee that gas units are all metric or standard, in line with every other damn imperial measurement, especially volumes.

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            #15
            It's cheaper to purchase your gas in units of metres sphered rather than metres cubed because they fit down the cylindrical pipes better.

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              #16
              Originally posted by BrowneIssue View Post
              cubic metres

              Sorry to be pedantic, but both of these errors bug me.

              a) 2 metres cubed is 8 cubic metres.

              b) A meter is a measuring device, except in that big country that doesn't acknowledge metric where they insist on spelling everything wrongly.
              My auto correct is set for that annoying illiterate country
              Confusion is a natural state of being

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                #17
                Timberwolf, excellent analysis thank you.

                You said 47.65p in the uk per metre cubed.

                Where I am (CZ) it seems according to RWE that the price is +/- 35p/m3

                So big panic is over gas bill will be ok considering how much we use etc.

                Brownstuff, you said:

                Sorry to be pedantic, but both of these errors bug me.

                a) 2 metres cubed is 8 cubic metres.

                b) A meter is a measuring device, except in that big country that doesn't acknowledge metric where they insist on spelling everything wrongly.



                So please explain how we commonly say...

                50 metres square for a floor area

                then why not 3 metres cubed for a measurement of gas ?

                Answers on a postcard please.

                Ta,

                Milan.

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                  #18
                  milan whatever you do for a living, it can't be very demanding intellectually.
                  Hard Brexit now!
                  #prayfornodeal

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                    #19
                    Originally posted by Diver View Post
                    My auto correct is set for that annoying illiterate country
                    I've read so many American textbooks (well a few) that I now use meters and metres interchangeably. And litres/liters. Has anyone a copy of the OED to see what it says about American spellings? How about color and gray?

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                      #20
                      Originally posted by sasguru View Post
                      milan whatever you do for a living, it can't be very demanding intellectually.
                      Drivelling in TPD is not a mental health issue. We're just community blogging, that's all.

                      Xenophon said: "CUK Geek of the Week". A gingerjedi certified "Elitist Tw@t". Posting rated @ 5 lard points

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