Stephen, Is there a simple formula to calculate mpg from the fuel amount in liters? Would it be just as easy to convert your miles to kilometers and figure it out completely in metric? It shouldn't make a difference which way you go.
Maybe the best thing to do is to use the correct symbols as others noted. They are consistent even if spelling isn't Jerry ________________________________ From: Stephen Humphreys <[email protected]> To: U.S. Metric Association <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2009 12:58:04 PM Subject: [USMA:42542] Re: Small item seen on TV "I'm too lazy to bother to figure out my mpg. I would be even less prone to want to do it if it meant an extra calculation step? Do people ever do miles per litre/liter if that would make it simpler to compute? Or is there a simple way to compute mpg when fuel is sold in litres/liters?" You'd think that miles per litre would have taken off here - but it hasn't. I guess there's a thought that there's consistency in keeping all units from one system. Or something. "I don't like this having to spell meter and liter two different ways. Which should I use?" I'd say the default was the American spelling - since this is an American board. I tend to use 're' due to force of nature. I think we know what we're all talking about - your best bet is to stick with liter/meter probably. ________________________________ Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2009 09:40:10 -0800 From: [email protected] Subject: Re: [USMA:42523] Re: Small item seen on TV To: [email protected]; [email protected] Stephen, I'm too lazy to bother to figure out my mpg. I would be even less prone to want to do it if it meant an extra calculation step? Do people ever do miles per litre/liter if that would make it simpler to compute? Or is there a simple way to compute mpg when fuel is sold in litres/liters? I don't like this having to spell meter and liter two different ways. Which should I use? Jerry ________________________________ From: Stephen Humphreys <[email protected]> To: U.S. Metric Association <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2009 12:04:56 PM Subject: [USMA:42523] Re: Small item seen on TV Historical usage. Like 'mpg' even though we fill up with litres/liters. ________________________________ Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2009 08:30:28 -0800 From: [email protected] Subject: [USMA:42509] Re: Small item seen on TV To: [email protected] Martin, So then psi is common in Britain. Why? Jerry ________________________________ From: Martin Vlietstra <[email protected]> To: Jeremiah MacGregor <[email protected]>; U.S. Metric Association <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2009 11:10:03 AM Subject: RE: [USMA:42430] Re: Small item seen on TV I have not checked my tyres – however the air supply at my local garage are calibrated in both bars and psi. ________________________________ From:Jeremiah MacGregor [mailto: [email protected] ] Sent: 24 January 2009 15:24 To: Martin Vlietstra; U.S. Metric Association Subject: Re: [USMA:42430] Re: Small item seen on TV Martin, My tires show kPa (psi). Is this also the way it is in the world or only the US ? Jerry ________________________________ From:Martin Vlietstra <[email protected]> To: [email protected] ; U.S. Metric Association <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2009 10:22:34 AM Subject: RE: [USMA:42430] Re: Small item seen on TV The most common units of measure for tyre pressures in Europe are bars or kPa. (100 kPa = 1 bar). ________________________________ From:[email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jeremiah MacGregor Sent: 24 January 2009 14:59 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:42430] Re: Small item seen on TV Harry, Aren't they suppose to be in pascals or something along that line? Jerry ________________________________ From:Harry Wyeth < [email protected] > To: U.S. Metric Association <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 11:39:58 PM Subject: [USMA:42388] Small item seen on TV A minor point of interest: on PBS's US broadcast of the BBC World News tonight, in a piece re the resumption of natural gas to Europe, there was "footage" showing close-ups of presssure gauges on pipeline fixtures out in the snowy fields.. One showed pressure in kg/cm2, and the other in "bar". HARRY WYETH ________________________________ Beyond Hotmail — see what else you can do with Windows Live Find out more! ________________________________ Windows Live Hotmail just got better. Find out more!
