In the United States, heat is measured in British thermal units (Btu).

在美国，热量的计量单位是英国热量单位(Btu)。

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To provide greater accuracy in comparing fuels, energy content is measured in terms of "British Thermal Units (BTU's)."

为了提供更大的准确性，比较燃料，能源含量是衡量计算，“个BTU的英国热单位。”

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On Tuesday, natural gas futures rallied for a third day, gaining 1.2% in the New York Mercantile Exchange to $3.959 a million British thermal units.

上周二，在纽约商品交易所（New York Mercantile Exchange），天然气期货价格连续第三天反弹，上涨了1.2%，达到3.959美元/百万英热单位。

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First, the history: Back in 1993, President Clinton proposed a broad-based energy tax (called a BTU tax since it taxed energy content measured in British Thermal Units).

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To put that in perspective, the Energy Information Agency, part of the U.S. Department of Energy, estimates the country annually consumes 100 quads (lingo for quadrillion British thermal units)y.

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According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, the energy intensity of China in 2005, the most recent year for which data are available, was 35, 766 British thermal units per U.S. dollar.

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