I hope this will finally kill the Barrel and move to hectoliters or tonnes
of oil!
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2004 12:28
AM
Subject: [USMA:28293] metrication in 5
years -- possibly
The following article appeared in Monday's edition
of the Globe and Mail of Toronto:
If what the article describes comes to pass, there will
be a major change of the economic structure of the world. That change
could be very beneficial to the metrication of the US. When OPEC
finally does switch its oil currency either fully or partially from the
dollar, it will mean the end of dollar hegemony.
The US will not be able to rely on
the benefits of dollar hegemony anymore and
will have to develop an export attitude in order to balance its
accounts. Exports won't be possible without an attitude of metric.
If we are lucky, we may see metrication happening in
about 5 years.
