Han Maenen wrote in USMA 22689: >Mr. Alder may have written a book about the metric system, but why doesn't >he respect its use in France? The 600 mile Meridienne Verte? Maybe the >kilometer is less suited to human needs than the statute mile. He must have >converted everything metric he encountered during his Tour de France to ifp. >More proof to me that in the end both are opposed to metric.
Ken Alder wrote for Americans, and assumed that they have no feel for metric measurements. He attempted to glamorize the origin of the metric system.
