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		vkou on July 6, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A gigantic landslide shows the limit to how high m... I think most people can understand what a meter is, or what a kilometer is, but would have no idea of what a kilojoule is, or what the energy inside a barrel of oil is.

buu709 on July 6, 2023 [–]

I'm Canadian, and have never traveled to Europe but, every imported piece of food I've ever seen has the energy measured in kilojoules.

ReptileMan on July 6, 2023 | [–]

Actually it is both in kj and ccal

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