What's wrong with kiloliters? A kiloliter is one cubic meter.  A  tenth on
of kiloliter could be used  if a whole kiloliter is too course.

Stan Doore

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Potts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2003 5:18 PM
Subject: [USMA:25866] Re: Utilities


> 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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