Who thinks the metric system is a lot better than the U.S. English system?

Answer 1

“In truth, metrics has seeped into the U. S. vernacular beyond the plastic soda bottle” (says Edward M.
Eveld, Knight Ridder Newspapers, August 9, 2005). It is perfectly acceptable to speak of the 100
meter racer in the Olympics or the local 5K run for cancer research. People are happy to buy 35mm
film and talk about the 4.0 liter engine in their car. Fat and fiber come in grams, sodium in milligrams,
and computer speeds in megahertz. Wine and spirits come in metric sizes only. Watts, volts, and
amperes are metric units. The metric system is the language of science and medicine. If you want to
go to college, you better take chemistry in high school. Chemistry is 100% metric.
Soon you may see product labeling only in metric.
Like Olivia Newton-John “Let’s Get Physical”.
One can make a relationship between everyday metric units and something physical.
Examples: Centimeter: the diameter of the colored part of your eye. Meter: the height of a door knob
in your home; the length of a baseball bat. Gram: a little more than the weight of a paper clip or three
raisins. Decimeter: the length of an ordinary wall receptacle. Square Decimeter: the size of a slice of
bread. Note: No relationship is made to the customary units. Do not mix the units. Never say a meter
is about a yard.
The Four Main Reasons Why the U. S. Should GO METRIC
1. The SI Metric System Was Scientifically Developed
Example: All units stem from seven basic units. (1) Meter - length, (2) Kilogram - mass, (3) Second - time, (4) Ampere -
electric current, (5) Kelvin or Celsius - temperature, (6) Mole - amount of substance, (7) Candela - luminous intensity.
2. Ease of Computation
Try converting 29 mi to rods to yards to feet to inches. Compare with converting 29 km to hectometers to meters to
decimeters to centimeters.
The metric system is based on decimal arithmetic, just like dollars and cents. Once learned, it’s simpler to use and less
prone to error. Adopting the metric system is a good idea for Education. Metrication increases both efficiency and quality
and will help ensure that American students stay technologically competitive with their foreign counterparts.
3. Economic & Trade Reasons
Most major U. S. industries (including the automobile, construction equipment, machine tool, electronics, soft drink, liquor,
pharmaceutical and health care industries) are primarily or completely metricated.
Since 1994, billions of dollars of federal, state, and local construction projects of all kinds have been built using the metric
system. We only need to make the change once. The benefits are perpetual.
4. This is a METRIC WORLD (Universal Language)
If the U. S. completely adopts the Metric System it will be the first time since the dawn of civilization that the world will
have one language of measurement. Imagine if we could do this with English or Spanish. The metric system is the
international system of measurement - 94 percent of the people on earth use it all the time.
Note: In 1988, Congress made the metric system the preferred system of measurement in the United States.

Answer 2

The real truth is, we already use the metric system - just a very complicated version of it. Every English unit is _defined_ in terms of a metric unit. For instance, 1 inch is _defined_ as equal to 2.54 cm. From this definition, the yard, the acre and the gallon are subsequently derived.

Personally I like the metric system a lot better. I can never remember how many ounces are in a pint or a quart but I can always remember 1000 milliliters are in 1 liter. Besides, if we adopted the metric system, think of the benefits:
- We'd get to drive _100_ km/hr instead of a poky 60 mph;
- A 180-pound person would weigh _only_ 82 kg;
- A 6-foot tall person would have a height of a whopping _183_ cm!

Answer 3

The Metric System is better, no thinking about it. It is a natural progression of the digits by 10. So much simpler.

The problem is that where the English system is in place, it is commercially (lots of money) wrapped in the market place. Everyone in the US understands feet, inches, pounds, because that is what is used to sell the products we buy.

Answer 4

For most uses, metric or SI units are better. (I use SI at work.)

For some uses, though, the metric system is inferior. For determining if the weather is comfortable or not, Fahrenheit is superior to Celsius. (Celsius is more convenient for lab work, though.) This is because the temperature nearly always falls between 0 and 100 degrees Fahrenheit.

Miles are easier to use in cars than kilometers, since you shift gears roughly every ten mph.

Also, cooking equipment is more or less standardized for Imperial measurements, so those are more convenient there.

For most uses, though, metric is easier, and we already use it in those cases.

Answer 5

I don't want to walk 1.609 kilometers in another man's shoes.
I might end up 1.828 meters under someday.
But if you give a man 2.54 centimeters he'll take the whole .9144 of a meter.
To sum up, I'd say that 0.453 592 37 kilogram for 0.453 592 37 kilogram the metric system is better.This should be done sooner rather than later cause as we all know, 28.349 523 125 grams of prevention is worth 0.453 592 37 of a kilogram of cure.

Answer 6

I think.
Ifeel it so because it makes more sense as the counting is in multiples of 10. In the US system it is completely out of any order.
This makes it easier for calculation.
This is the reason why for all scientific calculations the SI (metric) system is used.

Answer 7

I happen to hate the metric system. Nobody in there right mind would like it unless they are from a different country. It is not American.

Answer 8

In Europe the metric system is used already almost 30 years.
It is easy and comfortable (if you do not have to convert all the time to or from your American and antique system)
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Answer 9

I think it'd be nice to use a uniform system worldwide. I hate that I can't understand people from other countries when they talk about distances and temperatures. They tried to teach us in school...but still, I hardly understand metric. I wish I did.

Answer 10

Of course metric system is more practical!