The article says: If you work in most industries that sell internationally, you’ve already had to metricate. With effectively every other country in the world being metric, manufacturers have had to add to their bins a full compliment of U.S.-standard and SI tools and fasteners…all to accommodate ONE country. Because both standards are used in U.S. automobile construction (a consequence of having domestic factories of foreign makes), mechanics just LOVE that the U.S. steadfastly holds onto its old ways.
This article is assuming that auto industry uses both metric and English units. This is a false assumption. The US auto industry went metric in the '70s so why are there still people who think the US industry is still not metric? I know that in the US we have access to buying both English and metric tools, but I wonder if in the rest of the world English tools are available. I doubt they are as that would be a cost burden and the availability and need for double tool sets is a cost burden only Americans must endure. I don't think many American small companies have metricated. They either don't export or they have a niche product that can be sold in English units elsewhere and the world doesn't mind. Jerry From: Pat Naughtin <[email protected]> To: U.S.. Metric Association <[email protected]> Cc: USMA Metric Association <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2009 5:19:18 PM Subject: [USMA:42982] Letter to President Obama Dear Paul and All, I think that you might be interested in this web page: http://cjcs.com/tib/2469/president-obama-give-us-a-yard-and-well-take-a-meter Do you have any idea who the writer, CJ, might be. He deserves any support we can give him. Cheers, Pat Naughtin PO Box 305 Belmont 3216, Geelong, Australia Phone: 61 3 5241 2008 Metric system consultant, writer, and speaker, Pat Naughtin, has helped thousands of people and hundreds of companies upgrade to the modern metric system smoothly, quickly, and so economically that they now save thousands each year when buying, processing, or selling for their businesses. Pat provides services and resources for many different trades, crafts, and professions for commercial, industrial and government metrication leaders in Asia, Europe, and in the USA. Pat's clients include the Australian Government, Google, NASA, NIST, and the metric associations of Canada, the UK, and the USA. See http://www.metricationmatters..com for more metrication information, contact Pat at [email protected] or to get the free 'Metrication matters' newsletter go to: http://www.metricationmatters.com/newsletter to subscribe.
