Should U.S. go with metric system? *opinion question* Yes or no?

Answer 1

In my opinion, no....

because almost all Americans are used to the imperial system.

sure the metric system is more accurate, but switching to it would make everything even more confusing because most Americans would not be able to relate everyday objects to metric lengths or metric volumes, etc...

know what i mean?

Answer 2

Yes, because it is more precise for scientific calculations. But most scientist know the metric system, and most Americans don't care, or don't know what metric system is. Besides, it will cost a lot of money to change the system, and the benefits may not be evident to most people.

Answer 3

Yes, because most countries use the metric system.

Answer 4

We need to, to be viewed as current by the rest of the world. Intuitively, it is not so hard:

For the temperature in centigrade, 40 degrees is a hot summer day (104 degrees F), 30 degrees is a very warm summer day (86 degrees F), 20 degrees is normal room temparature in many households (68 degrees F), 10 degrees is a typical spring day in the Northeast, or a very cool February night in Los Angeles (50 degrees F), 0 degrees is the freezing point of fresh water (32 degrees F), -10 is very cold weather (14 degrees F), and -20 is quite cold weather (-4 degrees F/ what we currently refer to as 4 degrees below zero). Normal body temperature is about 37 degrees (about 98.6 degrees F).

For meters, think of a tall professional basketball player as about 2 meters tall, the average height of a man as about 1.8 meters, and the average height of a woman as about 1.7 meters.

For distance, a kilometer is about 5/8 of a mile, or about .625 miles. So, 50 mph is about 80 kilometers per hour (kph), and 100 kph is about 62.5 mph.

A meter is a tiny bit more than a yard.

For weight, a kilogram is about 2.2 pounds. To get your weight in kilograms, multiply it by .454 . Many of the newer scales give your weight in both kilograms and pounds.

Now, here is the big selling point: How many of you remember doing those problems where you had to find the number of inches in a mile, or convert miles per hour to feet per second, or convert cups to gallons, or... with all those different numbers?
Metric conversions are incredibly easy, by comparison. You just multiply or divide by a few factors of 10. If your calculator dies, that's just staring at the number, and moving the decimal point the required number of positions!

Plus, when we interact with other countries, we will have more parts that fit each other's equipment, and that will save everyone time and money as well as agravation.

Answer 5

Yes! I think the U.S. should turn metric. The reason is very simple. The metric system is based on powers of ten, making it very easy to convert from one unit to another. The old English system of measuring makes it very confusing at times to convert from one unit of measure to another. In that regard, I find it very strange that we should base our currency on powers of ten, yet not all of our other measures.

Answer 6

yes. Metric system is easier

Answer 7

Yes. BUT unfortunately, with the state of public education in the U.S. as it is, It would be a difficult transition to say the least.

Answer 8

Yes! It is so much easier because it is based on tens! But the U.S. won't ever do it because we are too stubborn!

Answer 9

No. Becuase everyone in the world uses it and pressures the US to take it up. We have our system, we like it, deal with it. The US needs to be able to make it's own decisions!

Answer 10

yes, it is far easier, and more scientifically accurate of a system.