[USMA:32719] RE: MIT Technology Review

[Phil Chernack]

1 liter bottles are not intended to be single servings.� Single servings tend to be between 330 ml and 500 ml.� Here in the US of course we have the ubiquitous 355 ml (12 oz) can.� Both Coke and Pepsi have replaced their 16 oz with the � liter and of course there is the 24 oz (710 ml) bottle.� Coke has introduced the 1.5 l bottle in the NY area.� Has anybody else seen them?� It seems like the 1.5 l is a way to raise prices by reducing size.� The 2 l bottle seems to be less available (at least at my local supermarket).� Of course for nutritional labeling purposes, 240 ml (8 oz) is the standard.   Phil   From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bill Hooper Sent: Sunday, April 17, 2005 12:22 PM To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:32717] RE: MIT Technology Review   On 2005 Apr 16 , at 11:22 AM, Nat Hager III wrote (refering to an an earlier quoted msg): And liters exceed normal individual human thirst. So do quarts. So you use a smaller size - such 0.1 L or 100 ml In many parts of Europe where I have travelled, they use decilitres (dL or dl) and centilitres (c or cl) for drinks (wine glasses, beer glasses, smaller wine bottles, beer bottles, water bottles, etc). 1 dL = 0.1 L = 100 mL 1 cL = 0.01 L = 10 mL Personally, I don't care for the use of the centi and deci prefixes, myself (or deka and hecto), but that's another topic entirely. I prefer referring to such smaller quantities as 0.1 L or 10 mL, etc. as Nat did. The point is, the litre is NOT an inconvenient size since it is very easy to represent quantities less than a litre either with simple decimals or with submultiples like millilitres or even centilitres and decilitres. Regards, Bill Hooper Fernandina Beach, Florida, USA ======================== SIMPLIFICATION begins with SI ========================