Considering all of the errors and mistakes government makes, the post about A Flock of Seagulls seems to be a perfect case of the pot calling the kettle black. (Not to mention that there is no such animal as a seagull).
An electric heater rated at 1000 watts (1 kilowatt), operating for one hour uses one kilowatt-hour (equivalent to 3.6 megajoules) of energy. A television rated at 100 watts operating for 10 hours continuously uses one kilowatt-hour. A 40-watt light bulb operating continuously for 25 hours uses one kilowatt-hour.
It is, as its name. suggests, one kilowatt of power used over a period of one hour. Some examples - (See chart below for the math equation) A light bulb is typically 60 watts; leave it on for an hour you have used 60. watt hours, or .06 kWh. A typical personal computer uses approximately 70 watts. In addition, a 17. monitor uses another 80 watts. That comes to 150 watts in an hour, or .15. kWh. If you have the same computer on for only 4 minutes (say, to check. your e-mail), that would come to .01 kWh. With an LCD monitor that uses only 35 watts, an hour of usage will come to. .105 kWh.