i think that is a valid concern, Brian, and one that has come to my mind. However, labeling laws and consumer preferences (familiar units versus weird units) in other countries won't help our sales abroad. In the meantime, since we are a net importer of resources (metals, oil, wood, ....) a cheap dollar raises costs for US producers so they will soon have to raise their prices, which in turn would tend to continue the fall in the value of the dollar. I think that the benefits to US exporters will be brief and not as great as some might hope if they purvey their goods in weird, non-SI units. Just a hunch on my part though, since I'm not an economist.
Jim On Wednesday 2003 December 31 12:17, Brian J White wrote: > Falling dollar prices make US goods less expensive overseas. Therefore, > my concern is not the 'weak' dollar and the falling from grace as an > economic powerhouse it may seem...but how this week dollar could contribute > to US-made non-metric items being sold less expensively in other countries. .... -- James R. Frysinger Lifetime Certified Advanced Metrication Specialist Senior Member, IEEE http://www.cofc.edu/~frysingj [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Office: Physics Lab Manager, Lecturer Dept. of Physics and Astronomy University/College of Charleston 66 George Street Charleston, SC 29424 843.953.7644 (phone) 843.953.4824 (FAX) Home: 10 Captiva Row Charleston, SC 29407 843.225.0805
