I look forward to the day when, for instance, farmers and real-estate people
employ hectares rather than acres for moderately sized land areas.
It may not be 'perfect' but as has been noted, 'perfection is the enemy of
the good'.
Duncan
-----Original Message-----
From: Gene Mechtly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: U.S. Metric Association <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: Metric Forum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: February 16, 2001 22:03
Subject: [USMA:11065] Deprecated hectare
>On Fri, 16 Feb 2001, Joseph B. Reid wrote:
>> ... I predict a long life for the nautical mile, knot, and hectare.
> Your prediction might be realized, Joe, but I advocate meter
>squared (m2 as the simplified symbol) for the US, not hectare.
>Gene.
>
