Do you think America will convert to the metric system of measurement?

Answer 1

they are working on it but it is slower than expected,
we use milliliters often in soda and alcohol,
doctors prescribe medicine in grams and cc's,
length is used in machining very often, but people with expensive tools like micrometers are reluctant to accept it,
more and more in industry they use both millimeters and inches

Answer 2

We'll we can't even tell that microwaved food is hot. Look on any frozen dinner. It tells you to warm it in the microwave. Then it warns you that hot food is hot. Yep. We'll be getting to that metric thing pretty soon now.

Oh. Oh. Remember the NASA mission that went astray because the people that built the rockets were using our old system while the other builders were using the metric system. Everyone is still wondering where that thing went. Even our rocket scientist are only somewhat brighter than a 25 watt bulb.

Answer 3

If America as a nation decides to rejuvenate its title as a great technological pioneer in the global community, then yes. But, if the American public and the American school system continue to ignore the necessary steps, such as the conversion to metric system that are crucial in becoming a highly developed nation, than we may not.

Answer 4

The International System of Units (abbreviated SI from the French language name Système international d'unités) is the modern form of the metric system. It is the world's most widely used system of units, both in everyday commerce and in science.

The older metric system included several groupings of units. The SI was developed in 1960 from the metre-kilogram-second (mks) system, rather than the centimetre-gram-second (cgs) system which, in turn, had many variants.

The SI introduced several newly named units. The SI is not static; it is a living set of standards where units are created and definitions are modified with international agreement as measurement technology progresses.

With few exceptions, the system is used in every country in the world, and many countries do not maintain official definitions of other units. In the United States, industrial use of SI is increasing, but popular use is still limited. In the United Kingdom, conversion to metric units is official policy but not yet complete. Those countries that still recognize non-SI units (e.g. the U.S. and UK) have redefined their traditional non-SI units in terms of SI units.

The U.S. system of units is similar to the Imperial system which was used officially in the United Kingdom until 1995 (and which still has official usage there for a few purposes, and unofficial usage for many others). Both systems derive from the evolution of local units over the centuries, as a result of standardization efforts in England; the local units themselves mostly trace back to Roman and Anglo-Saxon units. Today, these units are defined in terms of SI units.

The road towards metrication in the United States has been rocky and unsteady. In some fields, the metric system has been used in the United States since the early 1800s. The use of metric units has been gradually increasing for many years, but much of the public momentum has been lost since the 1980s, except in schools, science, and manufacturing.

Answer 5

England is supposedly metric now, even though I still drink pints, can measure distance in feet or metres and get away with it, and measure myself in stone.

So even if America changed, it'd be years before it actually took effect. One cubic miliyear to be precise.

Answer 6

No..

While the metric system is much easier, Americans are extremely resistant to change and will always want to do it the gold old Standard US way.. Blah

Answer 7

YES, I have a friend that works at Northrup, Grumond and he tells me "Yes, they already decided, just did'nt start yet, Soon it will be".
PS; America was one vote away from having the American language, German insted of English. Read it in the history books @ local liberary.
Good luck

Answer 8

Probably not its hard to transer when none of the "old"ish people like no schooling or anything don't know the system and America likes to do things their own way lol

Answer 9

They tried once, back in the late 70's but there wasn't enough public interest and too many things would have to change....Nowadays it would just cost too much money to convert all the text books,etc.

Answer 10

Eventually? Yes. Soon? No. The British system is so bad even the Brits stopped using it.