Convert cubic foot to kiloliter

A cubic metre is 1,000 litres, also called a kilolitre on Australian water bills. Water meters count in it: one person uses roughly 45–55 m³ a year. Gas meters count cubic metres too, and the bill converts them to kilowatt-hours at about 10–11 kWh per m³. Removals and freight think in cubic metres as well, a 20-foot container holding 33 m³ and a concrete mixer truck 8 m³. The hectolitre, 100 l, is the unit of brewers and winemakers: breweries report output in hl and vineyards their yields in hl per hectare.

American refrigerators are rated in cubic feet (a 20 cu ft fridge holds about 570 l, and 1 cu ft is 28.3 l), natural gas is metered in hundreds of cubic feet (ccf) and billed in therms, and lorries and moving boxes are sized in cubic feet. Concrete, gravel, mulch and topsoil are ordered by the cubic yard, 27 cu ft or 0.76 m³: 'a yard of concrete'. The cubic inch, 16.4 cm³, is how classic American engines are sized: a 350 cu in V8 is a 5.7-litre engine.