What are some good reasons why the USA shouldn't adopt the Metric System?

Question

Now I don't want to hear anything about freedom or of the metric system being dumb, I want some real scientific reasons why our system is better then the metric one?

Answer 1

Only Economics and Cultural reasons why.
Cost of transforming the nation to metric would be staggering but worth every penny. It would be the one language the world would be on the same page together. Amazing that the Metric System ie Math would be our first universal language.

Answer 2

What we use now is a modification of the old English system not quite the same as you will find by checking the imperial gallon against our own which is slightly smaller it was modified to make it more practical for trade . The only reason we haven't fully converted to metric like the rest of the world is stubborn resistance on the part of many older Americans . This is the attitude that has put Americans behind and has hurt our economy a large part of this comes from people who immigrate legally or illegally and want use to use their language and customs this causes resistance to other outside ideas being accepted if our "government " would just learn to tell these people no then focus could be shifted toward progress

Answer 3

I think the USA would benifit alot from adopting the metric system, they must use it to some degree already in order to operate technology effectivly work with complex sciences such as mesuring space...
Britain managed to switch to metric and but also teach some impearial such as miles and killometers so no signs need to change. Metric is easy add norts on the end.
I'm sorry to disapoint you but impearial isn't better than metric it's just not as effective. Thats why people keep abandoning it.

Answer 4

Can't help you with that one. In engineering we use more kinds of units than you can imagine, and they are ALL simpler and more efficient to use in the metric system (SI). It's also easier (faster = cheaper) to compare values between, for example, units of thermal energy and mechanical energy. In the metric system, both are expressed in joules. Much more direct than comparing calories to foot-lbs!

I say we just bite the bullet and go all-metric, "cold turkey." Painful and expensive at first, but we'll get over it, and then start earning it back in improved efficiency. Another supporting example: I once worked for a large company that produced farm and construction equipment. We had plants in the U.S. and Europe manufacturing many of the same parts for use in machines on both continents. Every design drawing therefore had to provide every dimension, every heat treatment temperature, every material property, etc. etc., in both systems. Eliminate that sort of thing and you eliminate much waste.

I know I'm probably preaching to the choir here, but I'm hoping some pro-Imperial users will see this and repent of their error. :)

Answer 5

We have been going to "formally" do it in 1980, in spite of the shown fact that it in no way caught on. We do consistently have measurements listed nonetheless in the two metric and generic contraptions. The metric gadget is used universally via scientists and it quite is taught in public colleges too. some say the refusal to alter is in line with a patriotic resistance, some worry of foreign places issues and foreign places contraptions. yet i think of the biggest resistance is the undertaking of transforming into the psychological adjustment, because people tend to degree issues mentally. maximum people ought to permit you already know approximately how vast an inch is, or rigidity a definite distance that appears like a mile, or have an thought what a a million-pound merchandise appears like. that may not the case with maximum people whilst it comprises meters, kilometers, and kilograms. regrettably interior the tip it quite is greater handy to pass with the previous conduct.

Answer 6

There is no good reason why USA shouldn't adopt Metric System which is more user friendly and universally accepted system.

Answer 7

Well for one, we use the English Imperial system... We didn't invent it, the British did, so if it's out-of-date, etc it's not our fault. Honestly though, the English system usually measures things in larger units, so when dealing with things such as distance, there are less miles per meters. However, the metric system does lend itself much more nicely to decimal conversions, etc.

Answer 8

There aren't any good scientific ones, because for science to be a universal language it needs to have universal standards. If we are here measuring the the speed of gravity in feet, while our friends across the pond are using meters it will be harder for us to compare data.

The reasons why we shouldn't convert are historical. We fought and died to preserve our way of life and our heritage, as much as it goes against the rest of the world, but we can't forget out past just to make selling gasoline seem cheaper.

Answer 9

Think of all the road signs you see written in X MPH. Do you think the government wants to spend their time replacing those with Metric Speed limit signs?

Answer 10

It's not. It would definitely be more practical to switch to the metric system, but then, the customary system is a unique part of our culture.