I'm still waiting to implement the "Decibet."
Never gonna happen.
Besides, we tried this in the 70s. It sucked then, it sucks now.
I'm still waiting to implement the "Decibet."
If we’d followed though back in the 70’s English measurements would be nothing but a quaint memory today.
I guess metric nerds are timeless.
Sci Am has a lot of wonderful and interesting articles, but they also have an annoying liberal slant. This article sounds like it fits in with the editorial worldview.
I get Scientific American because of the stimulating articles in obscure areas of science, written by experts. I overlook the obvious global warming bias that often creeps in. For example, in a recent issue they had an article about how the Keystone pipeline would be bad for global warming because oil sands are carbon intensive to mine and refine.
Step one will be ten eggs for the price of twelve...
No, it isn’t time. Screw your litres - I don’t see a pump around that pumps it. Screw your Kgs.....my scale don’t have it. Screw your meters, Kliks and whatever. I’m not a soldier anymore and my rifle scope and rangefinder are in yards. We don’t need it because you think it is neater, cooler, or other countries use it. I don’t even buy Coke by the frigging “litre” because I don’t have to adapt to your idea of ‘what should be’.
Some things never change. When America flirts with socialism and then sees things go downhill, some folks want to go metric. Like it will help.
Let the damned world keep the metric system if they like it that much.The government has been trying to jam that down our throats for. Forty years. and it has ‘t worked yet.
I like our present system of weights and measures.
Forcing our country to convert to the Metric System would be the final nail in America’s coffin.
METRIC? Wasn’t THAT forced on us in the Carter administration and it went over like a lead balloon!
I still remember popular publications (Mother Earth News) for farm and home items, at that time, giving instructions in metric with no “inch” measurement seen.
Today I have to keep two sets of tools for work on equipment because just when you are getting along well suddenly you come upon a bolt that is metric.
We need to keep something unique about us!
I, for one, am against the use of a logical measurement system employed by the rest of the world! If a horsepower was good enough for James Watt, why should I measure power in watts?
When I do physics, I’ll use metric.
Otherwise, I use the existing system.
Good grief, if one cannot do a quick metal change from one to the other, use a calculator.
> ... our refusal is based on emotion and familiarity ...
Not true!!!
Our resistance to metric adoption is based on the requirement that businesses would be required to retool and change all of their manufacturing equipment to metric. This would cost billions of dollars.
Our decision to stay with inches, feet, pounds, ounces and gallons is based on economics.
Nonsense. Give me a GALLON of gas over a liter everyday.
We can convert to the metric system when the English learn to drive on the right side of the road.
What does CHINA use? Several years ago I bought an outdoor light made there. it included two lag bolts to screw it in place.
Problems;
It was between my two metric sized sockets (10 and 11). My “Inch” tools would not fit.
So out came the adjustable Crescent wrench. It was a tough area to get to but none of my sockets would fit it.
