Gregory Peterson wrote in USMA 11759: >I still think that the US needs more of an obvious trigger. Weather would be >a very good place to start to put metric in peoples faces. >As I said before, start with degrees Celsius, kilopascals, and >millimetres/centimetres of precipitation. Leave the MPH in place for wind >speeds until the highways are done. > >This way people see metric, begin talking with metric terms and before long >they'll end up preferring freezing at 0 rather than 32. It's too easy to say >"a can of soup" whether it's 250 ml or 10 floz. > >greg I see no reason to retain wind speeds in mph. The public would have no more objection m/s or km/h than to °C, kPa, mm or cm. This is passive metrication that requires no response on the part of members of the general public. Joseph B. Reid 17 Glebe Road West Toronto M5P 1C8 Tel. 416 486-6071
