To Bill, John & all
Let us not fight.
1st of all, I sent that email only
1. to stress that Uncle Sam supports metric
(thanks to Jim Gottlieb's link to that site).
2. to show that another American website
www.evworld.com also uses metric.
3. point out the Volkswagen's great achievement.
The website www.evworld.com talks mostly about
Japanese & German autos, since they produce the
World's most fuel efficient vehicles. But they are
patriotic and support America's cause to gain energy
independence.
John : Adolf Hitler was the 1st person to start the
nuclear bomb project which later gave us clean nuclear
energy. But that does not mean that we should worship
him. By the way, interstate system was conceived in
USA in 1920's. I do hold Albert Einstein, Karl Benz,
Steffi Graf & other Germans in great esteem, but not
Hitler & company.
Bill & others : If you are more interested in
automobile fuel efficiency news, send a personal email
to me and I will update you.
Thanks
Madan
--- kilopascal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> From: "kilopascal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: [USMA:19456] Re: Fwd: fuel economy site
> Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2002 19:45:44 -0400
> Reply-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> 2002-04-15
>
> Very simple! I wanted too.
>
> What puzzles me is why it bothers you so much?
>
> John
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bill Potts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Monday, 2002-04-15 18:09
> Subject: [USMA:19453] Re: Fwd: fuel economy site
>
>
> > I'm puzzled as to why you found it necessary to
> send us all an HTML
> message,
> > containing the web page, when M R had already
> given us a link to it.
> >
> > Possibly you think that nobody else on this list
> is capable of clicking on
> a
> > URL. However, to use your own words, I guess you
> don't care.
> >
> > Bill Potts, CMS
> > Roseville, CA
> > http://metric1.org [SI Navigator]
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf
> Of
> > kilopascal
> > Sent: Monday, April 15, 2002 14:54
> > To: U.S. Metric Association
> > Subject: [USMA:19452] Re: Fwd: fuel economy site
> >
> >
> > It say's nothing about converting to US customary
> units. It just says
> that
> > 0/89 L/100 km is the same as 264 mpg. But, unless
> you convert to mpg
> > yourself, you have no clue if the mpg is US or
> imperial. I have no
> > intention of checking it out, because I don't
> care. But, you have to be
> > very careful when quoting FFU, as you never know
> what version is being
> used.
> >
> > John
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "M R" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Monday, 2002-04-15 16:52
> > Subject: [USMA:19450] Fwd: fuel economy site
> >
> >
> > > Volkswagen has got a vehicle that gives
> > > 0.89 l / 100 km. Convert it to US Customary
> > > unit and it is 264 miles / gallon.
> > > US automakers will be sad to read this.
> > >
> > >
> >
>
http://www.evworld.com/databases/shownews.cfm?pageid=news150402-01&category1
> > =evindustry
> > >
> > > Madan
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --- Jim Gottlieb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2002 13:12:25 -0700
> > > > From: Jim Gottlieb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > > To: "U.S. Metric Association"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > > Subject: [USMA:19426] fuel economy site
> > > > Reply-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > >
> > > > Go to
> http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/findacar.htm
> > > > and enter a car.
> > > > Then click on "Switch to metric units" and
> > > > everything on the page
> > > > changes including price of gas. Sure, I'd
> like to
> > > > see the mtric
> > > > version be the default, but...
> > > >
> > > > Engine size is in liters even when you're on
> the
> > > > "English units" page.
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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