"euroisation = metrication" MUST be our battle cry. In order to be a metric supporter, you must also be a supporter of a more balanced use of the dollar and the euro in world trade and policies. In the future more regional currencies having equal weight to the dollar and euro will create an even more balance of resources and power and assure that the standard units used in trade, education, speech, etc., world-wide is SI and only SI.
John
I think John is wrong in linking the influence of the dollar with the defence of the inch-pound system. American companies that do a world-wide trade are already metric. The American automobile industry, the agricultural machinery industry and the photographic and optical industries are already metric, The electronic indutry is converting. Most Americans do not realize this because American manufacturers do not see any sales advantage in advertising the metric system.
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Joseph B. Reid
17 Glebe Road West
Toronto M5P 1C8 Telephone 416-486-6071
