Bruce,
I recommend that you do not bring this up! When we get everyone using SI
units and non-SI units acceptable for use with the SI, then we can worry
about "mop up" actions. I daresay that a very, very large fraction of
the world's population understands "hectare", which was the point you
first made for using metric units.
I would be counterproductive to accuse a "new convert to the faith" of
being less than "priestly". If the hectare is acceptable to the BIPM,
then who are we to deprecate it.
Jim
Bruce Raup wrote:
>
> On 2001-02-16 16:38 -0600, Gene Mechtly wrote:
>
> > Bruce,
> > You might remind (or inform?) Michael that meter squared is
> > an "SI Unit", but hectare has only the status of a unit "currently"
> > accepted for use with SI (Table 8 in the BIPM Brochure).
> > Therefore, meter squared is preferred.
> > Gene.
>
> That's a good point. I should have pointed that out initially.
>
> If I decide it won't just come off as nagging, I may write him again.
>
> Bruce
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