On Monday 28 February 2005 15:46, Gavin Young - Renewable Electricity Solutions wrote: > The USMA works hard to attract the attention of US metric lovers, but I > have an idea of how they can do more. It needs to develope an action plan > to get all US metric lovers to take action with their consumer power. If > action plans are posted on the USMA website, more US metric lovers will get > excited about getting involved with USMA. For example here are some ideas: > > Encourage metric lovers in the USA to do the following two months from now, > and every two months thereafter: > > 1) When going to a grocery store or deli to buy food by the "weight" from a > store clerk that will "weigh" the food for you, buy the food by kilogram > instead of the pound. If they say their scale can not display in kg, then > make them calculate the conversion to lbs. The idea is to get them tired of > making the calculations, so that they get a dual scale and begin weighing > by the kg when requested. > > 2) When buying automotive fuel (gasoline, diesel, biodiesel, ethonal, etc.) > at fuel stations ask for the amount in liters. If they say their pumps can > not display in L, then make them calculate the conversion to L. The idea is > to get them tired of making the calculations, so that they get a dual pump > and begin dispensing fuel by the L when requested.
When I had a car, I usually just filled it up. But if you fill it up, you could ask how many liters it was. When you buy a house, ask that the survey be labeled in meters. (I can do this manually, though it takes some calculating.) When renting an apartment, ask how many square meters it is. (They said they'd add it to their sheet. I haven't checked whether they have.) Bug Empire Imports. They have no excuse for dimensioning their furniture in inches. Anyone who buys from them is already metric. phma -- lo nu punji lo sovda be lo cipnrkuku kukuku zvati lo zdani be lo na'e cipnrkuku kuku
