> > From: "john mercer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2004/05/17 Mon PM 08:20:06 EDT > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [USMA:29828] Natural gas > > Hello we got are gas bill last week for the month of april. It was calibrated in > kj. Is that the correct SI way to do it or should it be in cubic meters? I believe > natural gas meters went metric in the late seventy's in British Columbia. I don't > know anything about the rest of Canada maybe if there is anyone on this list who > could let us know. >
In Ottawa, my gas meter and my water meter measure cubic metres. Of course, my house is only six years old, so it would have an SI based meter. Houses built pre-metrication would probably still have meters calibrated in imperial, unless and until they are replaced when needed. Stephen Gallagher
