I would love to agree with you. But unfortunately, I started the argument for
a reason: I wanted
to know whether to get km/L or L/100 km bumper stickers. I think I've made a
decision after all
this, though for obvious reasons I don't want to say it. :)
Now let's discuss the question of "total Joules" versus "average Watts" when
talking about US
electricity use in a given calendar year. (kidding, kidding!!)
--- Bill Hooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I find this bickering over the relative merits of measuring how a car
> uses gasoline (L/km vs. km/L), is counterproductive, irrespective of
> whether 100 L is used instead of 1 L.
>
> BOTH are correct.
> Both are useful,
> EACH one being more useful than the other in certain considerations
> while
> the other may be more useful in different situations.
>
> All your arguments that "this one is better than that one" or vice-
> versa boil down to nothing more than;
> "The one I am familiar with is the best."
> That statement should be expanded by saying,
> "The one I am familiar with is the best ONLY BECAUSE I AM FAMILIAR
> WITH IT."
>
> The reason I find this kind of argument so disturbing is that it is
> the same argument that metric opponents use to argue for keeping their
> old non-metric units. They are "familiar" so people see them as being
> "better" (even when they are not).
>
> If we fail to see these two situation as being the same thing, then we
> can never understand the rational of metric opponents. And if we can't
> do that, we will never find ways to convince them that metric is better.
>
> Let's turn our energies into finding ways to persuade people that
> familiar things are NOT better just because they are familiar, and to
> consider the advantages of using metric instead of the "familiar" old
> non-metric units.
>
> Let's stop getting bogged down arguing whether L/km is better than km/
> L. The arguments I have seen or no better than the argument that "feet
> are better than metres because feet are more familiar".
>
>
> Bill Hooper
> 1810 mm tall
> Fernandina Beach, Florida, USA
>
> ==========================
> SImplification Begins With SI.
> ==========================
>
>
>
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