We better be active. We better be awake.
Who knows?
If we are not vigilant,
free trade zones might result in
promotion of imperial units.
Let's do what we can to use these free
trade zone movements to boost metric.
Andy Johnson
http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/metricAmerica
--- M R <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> We can be optimistic about Free Trade Zone.
> 1 country cannot fight against 33 countries in 2
> continents.
> NAFTA has already pushed metric in a big way in USA
> and Free Trade Zone will complete metrication.
>
>
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> ATTACHMENT part 2 message/rfc822
> Date: Fri, 11 May 2001 17:18:56 -0400
> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Joseph B. Reid)
> Subject: [USMA:12743] Re: kgs
> Reply-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> >You're right, Joe, I am pessimistic. I really, very
> truly, hope I'm wrong,
> >though.
> >
> >greg
> >
> >>>> Joseph B. Reid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2001-05-11
> 12:35:31 >>>
> >Gregory Peterson in USMA 12729 wrote:
> >
> >>This is just the tip of the iceburg if the Free
> Trade Zone of the Americas
> >>goes through. The US economy, and US imperial,
> will dominate the region
> >>with the smaller countries trying to get a piece
> of the "American pie" and
> >>mimicing American measuring standards. I'm all for
> free, and fair, trade
> >>and I really hope I'm wrong on this meaurement
> point.
> >
> >
> >
> >I think Greg is too pessimistic. I have scanned
> every page of NAFTA (North
> >American Free Trade Agreement). There were very
> few mwntions of units in
> >it, but those few were nearly all metric units. I
> believe that the
> >American administration favors metric. It is the
> legislators, elected
> >politicians, who are against compulsory metric
> because they think that the
> >voters are against it.
>
>
> Japan started metrication in 1923 and finished the
> job in about 1960. The
> metrication of the English-speaking countries (the
> Commonwealth and the
> USA) started with India in 1957 and the United
> Kingdom in 1965. The
> conversion is in various stages of completion, being
> most complete in South
>
> Africa, Australia and New Zealand. Try to be
> patient; practice by watching
> paint dry.
>
> Joe
>
> Joseph B. Reid
> 17 Glebe Road West
> Toronto M5P 1C8 Tel. 416
> 486-6071
>
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