This is about the only good thing about dictatorships - he can just get up one day and say "Right, that's it. As of tomorrow we will all start using the metric system using these standards..." and that would be that. No arguments.
I don't think anyone in Iraq would think of using US customary units! Lucky them. Ah well, Mike | Pat Naughtin wrote: | "Shouldn't we prefer units that have a coherent unit in the denominator in | which case L/Mm would become �L/m (that's microlitre per metre)?" | | Somehow, I think you'd have a hard time convincing motorists that that's a | good idea. | | On the other hand, if car manufacturers and governments agreed to use that | value and, instead of specifying the units, simply expressed it as a | consumption factor, it might get accepted. Engineers and other well-informed | people (like us) would know what the unit of measure was; others might not | even care. | | Bill Potts, CMS | Roseville, CA | http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] | |
