There is one thing you all guys don't think about we all are pretty familiar with units and even know what Gm, Mm, M$, G$ is but who else from the public could say that M$ is 1 000 000 dollars of G� is 1 000 000 000 euro??
actually almost no one! I still think 100 km ist more appropriate, average speed on highways is 100 km/h and faster and not 1Mm/h personallly km/L remains the inferior possibility and who the hell proposed km/gal or km/20 km! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ma Be" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2002 9:17 PM Subject: [USMA:20666] Re: Benefit of L/100 km vs. km/L > On Wed, 26 Jun 2002 19:51:51 > Wizard of OS wrote: > >L/Mm would be appropriate too > > Excellent! I'm glad we're starting to come together on this one! :-) > > > but it wouldn't be reviewable for many people > >because of the big numbers like Mm or 90 L! > >... > Well... Please allow me to say that that is something that can easily change. > First the size of the numbers. Actually it would be rare to see car's fuel consumption being larger than 200 for l/Mm (usually such numbers should actually be inferior to 150 most of the time, with a value of 50 being outstanding!). 3-digit numbers are actually not that uncommon in many applications like draftsmanship, engineering, package labels, etc (as in, say, 250 mm, 400 MPa, 250 ml, etc). > > Second, the unfamiliarity with Mm. Again, here we can try to popularize the jargon "megs" when referring to it and create a "culture" of referring to road distances and all in megameters. We would certainly have such opportunities around here in North America since we have countries of continental proportions. Therefore, my suggestion is, like Nike folks say, "just do it"! ;-) > > Marcus > > > Is your boss reading your email? ....Probably > Keep your messages private by using Lycos Mail. > Sign up today at http://mail.lycos.com >
