2007-08-26 16:10:12 · 11 answers · asked by Creek S 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
people don't like change
2007-08-26 16:13:30 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
They tried, it didn't take. 50 years ago the U.S.A. was a lot smarter and they would have seen the logic in using a system that can convert to liquids, lengths, dry weight and air pressure with the same graduated units, not to mention a boiling point of 100 degrees instead of some meaningless 212 degrees. Metric makes sense. Any chemist or scientist can tell you that. A couch potato couldn't care less, and we seem to be having a bumper crop of those with dazzling regularity.
2007-08-26 23:15:58 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
In the 1970's US congress passed a law to go metric (SI) , but private industry refused to comply without government compensation. Industry will have to make and buy new machines to change to metric units. Take a look at Detroit, they would have to close exisiting plants and build new ones with metric tools, so that the automobile would be metric, like European cars. Civil Engineers would have to change all design codes to use new units, Home Depot will have to sell new 2 x 4 lumber. The steel industry will have to use new beams & columns. Too much trouble !
2007-08-26 23:16:51 · answer #3 · answered by vlee1225 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
We ( the citizens of the USA) have our heads up where the sun doesnt shine and refuse to learn a system that almost the entire world uses. One more reason we are losing out on much in science. Wake up you sorry Amreicans. The metric system is superior!
2007-08-26 23:15:38 · answer #4 · answered by DonnieB 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Most likely the "not invented here" syndrome.
(Actually, the metric system is used extensively in the industry.
The US automotive industry, for instance, has been fully metric for the several past decades, this is how parts could be designed and produced all over the world and still fit.)
2007-08-26 23:15:26 · answer #5 · answered by Vincent G 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Everyone in the country would have to learn how to use it and it would cause mass confusion. It would also be necessary to retool everything, which just isn't practical.
However, the metric system is frequently used alongside of our current system which may eventually lead to a complete changeover - but not anytime soon.
2007-08-26 23:18:08 · answer #6 · answered by hwinnum 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
When I was a kid all the teachers said that we would be completely on the metric system by the Bi-centenial (1976). Lol We don't want it, that's all
2007-08-26 23:13:27 · answer #7 · answered by Mugwump 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mostly because of the excesses of the French revolution in 1789 and subsequently. This put the English-speaking peoples off of all things French. The British eventually came around (because of their proximity to the continent), but the US hasn't -- and won't, anytime in the foreseeable future.
2007-08-26 23:15:41 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think its politics but I know I am wrong..
2007-08-26 23:29:26 · answer #9 · answered by dejavu7013 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
your kidding right? It is used but not nearly as much as every else. I guess its our individualism we prize so much.
2007-08-26 23:14:50 · answer #10 · answered by BetsyF 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋