2002-04-16 If there is one thing I'm not into it is the worship of any person. No matter how great or small. I was not saying we should worship Hitler, I was just trying to point out how weird it is that someone as evil as Hitler can come up with an idea that is used by millions for generations to come, in a positive sense. I heard from several sources years ago that the concept of the Autobahn system originated with him. If that is wrong and someone else came up with the idea, it was Hitler that put it to use. We did not have Autobahns in this country until the 1950's. It is obvious that the US got the idea from seeing them in use in Germany after the war.
The Autobahn system should not be confused with the interchangeless divided highway system that exits on some roads. John ----- Original Message ----- From: "M R" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, 2002-04-16 17:59 Subject: [USMA:19466] Fwd: Re: Fwd: fuel economy site > 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. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > > Do You Yahoo!? > > > > Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax > > > > http://taxes.yahoo.com/ > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax > http://taxes.yahoo.com/ >
