Almost every other country in the world uses the metric system of measurement (meter, gram, celsius, etc).
Should the United States convert to this system like the rest of the world, or should it stick to the English System (inch, yard, miles, ounce, pint, etc)?
2006-06-26 07:45:34 · 15 answers · asked by vectorx 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
yes.. and we are converting.. slowly
2006-06-26 07:47:20 · answer #1 · answered by ♥Tom♥ 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Should the British start driving on the Right side of the road? We use the system we want, we're America for chriminey's sake. We utilize the Metric system for Science, Medicine, Engineering and Physics. We were essentially forced to change over in the seventies, and since Great Britian and her last surviving colonies remained under the "British " system, so did we. Let's stick to the old British standard system, look at how screwed up the rest of the world is, could it be because they can't measure stuff worth a damn???
2006-06-26 08:52:31 · answer #2 · answered by AMAN_RA 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
YES!!! I love the metric system and I look forward to the switch. The official unit of measure for the US is not the metric system, but it will take time to convert everybody. It makes much more sense to convert to unify planet communication. There are not government programs to pay schools to teach the metric system to our youth so they can be the forerunners of the switch
2006-06-26 07:53:27 · answer #3 · answered by Brian 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Why?
I don't really see the reasoning behind why the US should switch. People say that we should switch to prevent conversion errors, but in today's modern computer age conversion errors are few and far between. I think there would be more confusion and errors if we switched the system, and forced everyone who's grown up with the inches, feet, miles to convert.
I mean seriously, just learn to convert, and if you can't then just get a computer, it's not THAT hard.
2006-06-26 08:31:33 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Absolutely.When I cross to US(I'm Canadian)I always have trouble at gas stations.I think Americans are either too lazy or self-centered
2016-06-30 08:11:09 · answer #5 · answered by 404error 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think average Americans are stuck in too much of a rut to get out of it. But I'm sure engineers and others have more or less tacitly converted already.
2006-06-26 07:48:43 · answer #6 · answered by Steve H 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. It would make converting units so much simpler. But we would have to go through major changes before that ever happens.
2006-06-26 07:49:07 · answer #7 · answered by ♥<ŦĦØΛ>♥ 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
NO!
People from every other country in the world want to come to the US because its better. If we convert to metric, next thing you know, we'll be driving on the left and speaking French.
2006-06-26 07:53:09 · answer #8 · answered by tex 5 · 0⤊ 4⤋
Nope. They tried it in the 1970s and people refused to use it. What good is a democracy when citizens are forced against their will to do even the littlest things like using rulers?
2006-06-26 07:48:39 · answer #9 · answered by Funchy 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Just like the British taht drive on the wrong side of the road - Americans won't ever change
2006-06-26 07:49:40 · answer #10 · answered by prettymama 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
yes, if we continue to bring it into use gradually and teach it in the schools eventually it will become the standard.
2006-07-03 07:40:30 · answer #11 · answered by Money Maven 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋