Madan wrote:
>That is surprising,  households buy water bottles from
>shops in liters,  but the tap water is measured in
>cubic meters.  Do they want to be purists.

I see no problem with that. If water bills showed liters, the consumption
number would require three extra digits.

Surely, it's not too hard for people to learn that there are 1000 liters in
a cubic meter. That kind of relationship (a really simple one) is what SI is
all about.

Bill Potts, CMS
Roseville, CA
http://metric1.org [SI Navigator]

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