Dear All,
I have slightly edited the letter I wrote to you a week or so ago
about a metrication elephant [USMA:41262].
I have now rewritten this letter in the form of an article and placed
it on the metrication matters web site. You can go to http://www.metricationmatters.com/articles
Letter reply to me from my representative regarding US metrication progress
(or the lack thereof):
July 1, 2008
Dear Mr. Woelflein,
Thank you for contacting me about the United States' use of the metric
system. I truly appreciate hearing from you, and I am working hard to stand
up
Why would anybody need to recommend a unit or prefix?
The question is - shall we measure mass or volume or whatever? Then the
unit is obvious in SI.
Concerning the prefix - prefixes enable us to express values with fewer than
4 digits. This is for convenience that mankind seem to prefer.
U.S. industry, not just California, wants the kilogram as the unit of
measurement for hydrogen fuel sales. Also, another SI unit could make
its debut before the U.S. public: the megapascal. But, the bar is
another possibility being debated for a hydrogen delivery pressure unit.
NIST has
Thanks for your efforts though. A month ago, I sent an email to Barack Obama
asking about his interest in US metrication. I got a nice canned response
having nothing to do with responding to the question and a request for a
donation.
I may send a similar email as yours to my MA congressman.
That's great, Paul, thanks for researching that. I recall reading an article a
few years back, I think in Mother Jones, called The least powerful man in
Washington. I can't find it anymore online. It talked about someone from the
NIST's metric group who would go to conferences advocating
Energy available (and cost) of hydrogen, as a gas or a liquid, is more easily
indicated by mass than by the three gaseous variables; pressure, volume, and
temperature. That is the reason marketing of hydrogen is by the kilogram.
For fleet vehicles or transit systems in continuous operation
On behalf of the American science and innovation community , ScienceDebate 2008
has submitted these questions (see
http://www.sciencedebate2008.com/www/index.php?id=35) to the candidates for
President and asked them to do two simple things: A) provide a written
response, which we will publish
Sorry for the confusion---the part about publishing the candidates answers was
from the ScienceDebate2008 Web site and should have been left out. The answers
won't be automatically published on our Listserver, but will be available on
the ScienceDebate2008 site.
--
Paul Trusten, R.Ph.
Public
Dear Matthew Chapman,
Congratulations on the ScienceDebate2008 initiative. I wish you every
success with your campaign to raise the profile of science and
engineering issues to their rightful place in this year's presidential
debate.
That said, I would like to add another perspective
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