There's nothing wrong with kiloliters. That wasn't my point. I was concerned with the size and the excessive precision of unprefixed liters, rather than with the exact name. One advantage of kiloliters, as opposed to cubic meters, is that the symbol avoids the use of a superscript.
Bill Potts, CMS Roseville, CA http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Behalf Of G. Stanley Doore >Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2003 15:54 >To: U.S. Metric Association >Subject: [USMA:25868] Re: Utilities > > >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] >> >
