I know the Government has tried to switch us over in the past, but it (obviously) failed. Do you think the US will ever get off the English system? What are the benifits of being on it?
2006-08-12 09:24:55 · 21 answers · asked by Irony Of Poe 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
People don't like change... especially if it's change created by someone other than themselves... so, while the scientific community uses Metric because of it's ease of conversion and calculation... (fahrenheit? What the hell does 0* mean???)
Metric is FAR easier to deal with because it's all based on 10's... it's all rounded and easy... And it all fits together. A meter is related to a liter, is related to a degree celsius...
So... don't count on change anytime soon. There will always be those who will refuse to accept it.
Personally, I love it, though I couldn't tell you how much I weight or how tall I am in Kilograms or Meters.
2006-08-12 09:30:42 · answer #1 · answered by Village Idiot 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The benefits only really lie in the math and science world. It would be easier for engineers to use that system instead of using the english system.
Everything goes by 10s in the metric system. 10 mm in a cm. 10 cm in a m 1000 m in a km. The math using this system is very easy to do compared to the english system. You can simply slide the decimal around in many instances. The english system its very off-beat. 12 inches in a foot, 3 feet in a yard, 1760 yards in a mile. These numbers are harder to use and much less convienent when doing math.
Basically the average Joe doesn't use a measuring system often enough to care about the ease of it, so no... the US will probably never switch to the metric system.
2006-08-12 16:27:53 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I hope it will happen in the next 100 years, unless a system better than Metric is invented. To switch, the government will have to spend a lot for education people and all English system numbers will have to appear along with Metric at the same time for a certain time period
2006-08-12 16:37:38 · answer #3 · answered by Duke 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I hope we never switch. Imagine how hard it would be to retrain all of the adults. The workplace in general would suffer because there would be tons of mistakes made, not to mention having to retrain people, etc.
It would be like asking a metric country to convert to the English system. Imagine disrupting an entire country just to learn a new way to measure and do math.
2006-08-12 16:28:40 · answer #4 · answered by Rawrrrr 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was not implemented properly.
The problem is that they teach the AS system and then teach kids to convert it into metric.
Road signs should be put into KM for starters. Metric is so much easier than standard. Everything is tens
2006-08-12 16:31:28 · answer #5 · answered by billyandgaby 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no they won't switch because they are already used to it. but if they use metric system it would be easier for everyone because all the other countries use metric and if some goes to live in u.s. they won't need to change the way of there life.
2006-08-12 16:33:39 · answer #6 · answered by soccer 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, how are the US residents ever going to get used to the metric system?
2006-08-12 17:39:40 · answer #7 · answered by Science_Guy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No.
I live in the USA,and in 1973,when I was 8 years of age,we all studied metrics for the 'BIG CONVERSION' --which of course never arrived!
I think we should,however,because we'd then be in sync with the rest of the world.
2006-08-12 16:28:19 · answer #8 · answered by MaryBeth 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes of course, the Imperial system doesn't work. It will take some doing because Everything must be changed, but it will happen gradually.
2006-08-12 16:27:16 · answer #9 · answered by Eli 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the US is slowly going to metric as is. American cars are all built in metric now.
Metric is easy to learn so it is no excuse!
Metric is not English - FRENCH!
2006-08-12 16:31:23 · answer #10 · answered by BCOL CCCP 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋