I was listening to NPR (National Public Radio) this morning while
getting ready for work, and they aired a story about soy farming in the
Amazon. What caught my ear was that they used hectares when talking
about land size, but then used miles to describe the distance between a
region in Brazil and the mouth of the Amazon river.
I wrote them a polite message thanking them for using hectares, but
encouraging them to be consistent and use kilometres as well. If anyone
else would like to do the same, I would certainly encourage it.
If anyone wants to hear or read the story, here is the URL:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=11375220
Additionally, I had previously written to my local affiliate (WHYY in
Philadelphia, PA) requesting temperature in both degrees Celsius and
Fahrenheit, but no change on that front. I'm not sure what else to do
there, except encourage further letter-writing.
Cheers,
Mike
