on 2004-05-19 06.06, Bill Hooper at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

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> My argument in all this is being lost.
> I am not advocating getting rid of the litre.
> I am advocating not introducing the kilolitre, megalitre, gigalitre,
> etc.

Dear Bill,

You are a bit late with this thought for Australia.

We have an extremely dry continent, so we are preoccupied with water, both
as rain and as irrigation water.

We regularly use kilolitres and megalitres for dam capacities and for river
flow rates. Occasionally I hear the terms gigalitre for these same
quantities. See an example of megalitres at:

<http://www.dwlbc.sa.gov.au/water/technical/surface_water_archive/sites/aw42
6200/w34.htm >

Cheers,

Pat Naughtin LCAMS
Geelong, Australia
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