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Watts vs. VAs

My basic question is: Which one does the power company bill you for?

Background: I have one of those "Kill A Watt" thingies, and I've noticed that it tells you the number of Watts, the number of "Volt Amps" (which is generally greater than Watts) and the "Power Factor" (which is, of course, Watts divided by VA, so it will be something like 0.6). I sort of, almost, understand the difference between Watts and VAs, but what I am really curious about is which one the power company uses to bill you. I would expect Watts, but you know how companies are, they usually pick whatever will maximize the bill...

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Kenny McCormack
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Watts

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Boris Mohar

OK, thanks.

BTW, how's Natasha doing these days?

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Quoted by Paul Ciszek (pciszek at panix dot com).  But what I want to know 
is why is this diet/low-carb food author doing making pithy political/economic 
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Nevertheless, the above quote is dead-on, because, the thing is - business 
in one breath tells us they don't need to be regulated (which is to say: 
that they can morally self-regulate), then in the next breath tells us that 
corporations are amoral entities which have no obligations to anyone except 
their officers and shareholders, then in the next breath they tell us they 
don't need to be regulated (that they can morally self-regulate) ...
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Kenny McCormack

Natasha Fatale is a girlfriend of Boris Nadenov. Wrong Boris.

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Boris Mohar

Last I heard, she was about to dump Boris and was probably bedding Fearless Leader. Something about not being able to cope with Boris and his moose & squirrel fetish was mentioned in the tabloids.

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Don Bruder

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