Jon, What I see happening in the U.S. is this: that the American people do have an understanding that metric is a better system and it prevalent in the world, and several columnists have written pieces about their support for U.S. metrication in principle. However, I do not see American consumers and industries actively seeking to use metric units yet. If you can provide some new examples showing that the people have joined Congress in preferring metric for commerce, I and many other folks would be quite interested.
What the U.S. needs is political and industrial leadership to spark the popular preference for metric. Paul T. Quoting Ron Stone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > On 2008 Oct 09 Thu DoY 283, at 08:47, Paul Trusten wrote: > > > But, because metric is not yet preferred in U.S. society, . . . > > > I don't doubt that the use of pounds and feet and inches are used > customarily in the United States. > > But that doesn't mean that metric, or the use of the meter and the > kilogram, is not preferred by people in the United States. > > Nevertheless, I strongly agree with the recommendations described in > the last two paragraphs. > >
