Do you think it is a good idea? I think it is fantastic. I feel left out!
2007-10-11 07:22:56 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in News & Events ➔ Current Events
Officially, probably not.
However, is already occurring. You don't by a quart of soda, you buy a liter.
2007-10-11 07:28:33 · answer #1 · answered by joe s 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Possibly another answer is that Americans are less likely to visit another country (on vacation) that other nations and they don't realize how easy the metric system really is.
3 ft to a yard
12 inches to a foot
5280 (wtf) ft to a mile
at least volume (for the most part) is fine, 2 cups to a pint, 2 pints to a quart, 4 quarts to a gallon.
metric is simple. 10
If the street says you can go 60 KPH, you don't care what that is in MPH, it's 60.
What I find ironic is that even American writers (specifically sci fi) even write all of their measurements in metric.
After conquoring the metric system, you can start to add 'u's to words like colour and neighbourhood and then you are all set.
Simply healthcare away from being a Canadian Province.
2007-10-11 14:41:04 · answer #2 · answered by brettj666 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I don't understand the resentment against the metric system. How much easier could it get?
Everything is measured in simple 10's....!
1000 Meter = 1km
1 Meter = 100cm
1 cm = 10mm
like: a 10mm Socket, 11mm, 12mm, 13mm ect....
what kind of screwed-up measurement is: 5/8 Socket, 7/16 Socket....ect...????
or a Pint, Gallon....it's so medieval...
1 liter = 1000ml.
1kg = 1000gr.
1000kg = 1 Ton
Also: 0 Degree Celsius = Freeze Point, 100 Degrees Celsius = Boiling Point.
What's there NOT to understand ???
Is it not DIFFICULT ENOUGH ?
What the Heck.....?
2007-10-11 15:01:00 · answer #3 · answered by You make Kitty ANGRY !!! 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, No, Absolutely not.
The English were conned into adapting it, and most of us have regretted it ever since.
For the information of brettj66, 60 kilometres is not the same as 60 miles.
The whole of the worlds oil industry technology, e.g. pipes and valves etc., is based on inches in measurements, pounds per square inch, in pressure, etc, etc, etc.
The "Metre" which the whole metric system, is based on, was taken from a calculation, which later proved to be false, so the whole thing is meaningless.
2007-10-11 15:03:39 · answer #4 · answered by macdelanoche 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
When I was in school in the 70"s, the teachers made us learn the metric system because "soon" the USA would be switching over--so don't hold your breath:)
2007-10-11 14:32:08 · answer #5 · answered by absent farmer 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's a great idea! A great idea that will never happen. It was pushed REALLY hard in the 1980s, and it failed to go through. Nothing has changed since then on that front, so I don't see it happening.
2007-10-11 14:30:48 · answer #6 · answered by Mr. Taco 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO. we do not need to adopt another system. We have ours and it is working fine. If we want to go to another country we should learn their system. If other people are coming here they can learn ours. I like having both on labels, but American measurment should come first here and second there.
2007-10-11 14:44:50 · answer #7 · answered by MaryJean 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Why should we? What we have works fine for us, but if we ever do adopt the system, I'll use it like everyone else.
2007-10-11 17:38:05 · answer #8 · answered by CharJ, 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Nope, they tried to in the early 80's and it failed miserably.
2007-10-11 14:30:07 · answer #9 · answered by Face on Fire 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For my own sake, I hope not. I'm TERRIBLE at conversions!
2007-10-11 14:29:20 · answer #10 · answered by OhKatie! 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋