Free Country? My White Ass It Is! (Rant)

[Wisemon]

Actually, power is a separate quantity from energy.

That's what I said. Energy, or work, is force*distance. Power is energy, or work, over time. Time-independent power is energy. The best example is kilowatt hours. When you multiply a unit of time by a unit of power, you get a unit of energy. The power company (Northeast Utilities in our case) doesn't care how fast you use your energy (unless there's a heat wave). They only care how much you use in total.