Also, I don't recall a lot of complaining when the Interstate speed limits were raised from 55 MPH. Couldn't have been cheap to replace all those speed limit signs. Too bad we didn't replace them with metric ones at the time! :)
. ______________ ____ | | RICH KIM, Spatial Database Administrator \ | | | Washington State Department of Ecology, GIS | // | P.O. Box 47600, Olympia, Washington USA 98504 | * Olympia | Phone: (360) 407-6121; Fax: (360) 407-6493 \ _____| E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] `---------' http://www.ecy.wa.gov/services/gis/index.html -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Scott Hudnall Sent: Monday, June 04, 2007 16:51 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:38853] Costly government mandates I was reading an article on high-definition televisions, and how the US government has mandated that all TV stations broadcast in HD only beginning in 2009. This will cost consumers several thousand dollars each to replace a television set, or at minimum several hundred dollars each to purchase a converter box. This is a costly mandate - yet we do not see a groundswell of opposition or lobbyists trying to de-rail implementation of this rule. The cost for the US to complete metrication in short order is probably less than what it would cost for us to all replace our televisions next year. So why is it that metrication is portrayed as a costly endeavor, but making everyone buy new TV sets is not? I guess it depends on who is paying the bill - consumers or corporations. Sorry for the ranting. Scott
