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Joule is the best unit you can literally apply it to everything because it's essentially a raw unit of energy.
Joules is unfortunately a vector because it's over a distance in a direction. Temperature is a scalar. Sometimes scalars are better than vectors.
Edit:Ok for those who don't actually understand joules in its units J=KG•M^2/s^2 or N•D, it's force which is a vector over a distance, this requires a magnitude and direction. This is because force is a vector and Joules is using force. All of you are starting to be confidently incorrect... Joules is a vector you can search it up.
What? Joule is an energy unit and energy is a scalar quantity and not a vector. There is no "energy direction" and no "distance".
Edit: even your edit doesn't make sense. Provide a source that says that energy or joule is somehow a vector.