20 km?? who took that stupid number??
km/gal just ghastly *g* ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joseph B. Reid" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2002 3:14 AM Subject: [USMA:20643] Re: Fwd: Re: L/100 km > I hope I will be forgiven for reposting some information that I posted a > year or so ago. > > Albert J. Mettler, Secretary of the Canadian Metric Association, carried > out a world-wide survey.of metric practice in 1977. He found : > > Europe: L/100 km used by at least 17 countries. Exceptions: km/L in > Denmark, . Netherlands, and partially in Italy; 10 km/L in Norway; L/1O > km in Sweden. > > Africa: L/100 km in at least 10 countries; km/L in Egypt & Uganda. > > Asia: km/L in 9 countries, and partially in Malayasia; L/100 km in Iran > and . . partially in Kuwait and Singapore; km/20 km in Syria. > > Oceania: L/100 km in Australia and New Zealand; km/L in Fiji. > > South America: km/L in 6 countries, in Uruquay alongside km/20 L; Peru > uses . . .. km/gal > > Central America: km/L in Costo Rica and Mexico; km/gal in Cuba, Guatamala, > . . .. Honduras and El Salvador > > Summary: L/100 km used in at least 32 countries; km/Lin 26 countries. > > Joseph B.Reid > 17 Glebe Road West > Toronto M5P 1C8 Tel. 416 486-6071 >
