To promote and enhance
understanding that the metric system is not merely a means of
measurement but a political philosophy and tool. To discover who in
politics and industry supports metric conversion, and why.
To provide cogent arguments
against the use of the metric system, based on the findings of
research and analysis. To back these arguments with hard evidence.
To identify and publicise laws
or legal loopholes that may be used to obstruct metric conversion
where it is proposed, and to force reversals of metrication where it
has already occurred.
To provide a central gathering
point for information relating to metric conversion, and to promote
and co-ordinate activity. To provide a permanent resource of
information and facts.
To monitor metric encroachment
in the United States, Canada and Ireland, both in terms of its legal
status and in its use by private industry and public authorities. To
highlight instances of non-metric units being used elsewhere in the
world.
If
you are new to metric issues, please explore this site and make up your
own mind. We hope you that you will support the fightback against metric
conversion and register your support in our metric survey.
BWMA operates two other internet
sites: www.footrule.org, our news and features
magazine, and users.aol.com/footrule, our library of articles
and features published in BWMA's journal The Yardstick
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