From: Bill Potts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: U.S. Metric Association <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: July 9, 2001 18:51
Subject: [USMA:14265] RE: Imperial Knowledge.
>Oh, it's perfectly reliable, Steve -- just nonsensical.
>
>The U.S. gallon (128 U.S. fluid ounces) has always been different from the
>Imperial Gallon (160 Imperial fluid ounces). Not surprisingly, many
>Canadians were confused by U.S. gas mileage claims (thinking U.S. cars were
>even less economical than was actually the case).
AND, the U.S. fluid ounce is LARGER than its imperial counterpart!
>Since Canada switched to
>liters for gasoline, I suspect they have simply ignored the claims in U.S.
>car ads, as the liter is very clearly nothing like a U.S. gallon.
It is nothing short of amazing (to me) the number of Canadians who, have
been buying gasoline by the litre for years and have had SI odometers in
their cars even longer, still struggle to keep track of their fuel usage in
miles per gallon!!!
Duncan
>
>
>Bill Potts, CMS
>Roseville, CA
>http://metric1.org [SI Navigator]
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
>> Behalf Of Stephen Davis
>> Sent: July 09, 2001 14:36
>> To: U.S. Metric Association
>> Subject: [USMA:14257] Imperial Knowledge.
