-----Original Message----- From: Time Letters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Duncan Bath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: February 27, 2001 12:44 Subject: Re: Units of Measure >>TIME Feb 19, Pg. 23 - "How much is under the tundra?" >> >>It seems to me that, in writing to the general public (not just the Oil [& >>Gas] Patch), TIME would use cubic metres rather than 'bbls' with which to >>express volume. >> >>Furthermore, fuel USAGE is expressed in litres per hundred kilometres >>(L/100 km). >>Duncan >>DT Bath, 861 Kensington Dr., Peterborough ON K9J 6J8 >>(705)743-4297 > >Dear Mr. Bath: > >Generally, we do try to use metric measures as well as others, but in >referring to petroleum reserves, barrels is the standard unit of >measurement. > >TIME letters > >
