Dear Jerry,
Yes, the company replied to say that they would pass on my email to
their editorial staff.
Cheers,
Pat Naughtin
Geelong, Australia
On 2009/03/07, at 10:54 AM, Jeremiah MacGregor wrote:
I'm sure one liter does to.
From: Teran McKinney <[email protected]>
To: U.S. Metric Association <[email protected]>
Cc: U.S. Metric Association <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, March 3, 2009 5:59:37 PM
Subject: [USMA:43350] Re: Burning Fuel
The other problem is that the gasoline energy comparision to food
energy is innaccurate. Food energy is only calculated as digestible
material, so fat, carbohydrates and protein essentially. An actual
calorimeter (is there a more proper SI-term?) would count the
moisture, insoluble fiber, and other compounds too. As far as I know,
gasoline's "energy" measurement is entirely different being a simple
calorimeter reading, and would probably have a very negative effect
for human consumption.
Either way, 3785ml of gas (assuming the US gallon) has a lot of
potential energy.
Cheers,
Teran
On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 22:23, Pat Naughtin
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Dear GOOD people,
> I want to comment on you page
> at
http://awesome.goodmagazine.com/transparency/013/transparency013burningfuel.html
> You may not be aware but your choice of measures makes it
difficult for an
> international reader to comprehend what you are on about and
therefore makes
> it almost impossible to encourage anyone to do anything about the
worldwide
> problem you are attempting to address.
> As examples:
> When you write gallon, which gallon do you mean?
> If it is a gallon (USA) does this mean that you think peak oil and
peak
> energy are USA-only problems and are irrelevant to the rest of the
world.
> When you use the word calorie, which calorie do you mean?
> I know of about 30 different calories including the original one
used for
> human food in the USA (the amount of heat needed to heat 4 pounds
of water
> by 1 degree Fahrenheit, Dr Lulu Hunt-Peters 1919)
> When you use the word pounds, are you referring to pounds of mass
or pounds
> of force?
> As you know all of the research needed to provide the figures you
quote were
> all done in metric units and then dumbed down for the citizens of
the USA.
> This dumbing down, in my opinions, belittles the people of the USA
> unnecessarily by treating them as if they are all simple minded
children.
> Knowing that your overall goal is to:
>
> What is GOOD?
>
> GOOD is the integrated media platform for people who want to live
well and
> do good. We are a company and community for the people,
businesses, and NGOs
> moving the world forward. GOOD's mission is to provide content,
experiences,
> and utilities to serve this
> community. (http://www.good.is/about/company.php )
>
> Might I respectfully suggest that, to keep moving toward the goals
of your
> website that you might also consider moving toward the use of the
metric
> system.
> These references might help:
> http://www.metricationmatters.com/metric_conversion.html
> http://www.metricationmatters.com/docs/AWordAboutGlobalWarming.pdf
> Cheers,
>
> Pat Naughtin
> PO Box 305 Belmont 3216,
> Geelong, Australia
> Phone: 61 3 5241 2008
> Metric system consultant, writer, and speaker, Pat Naughtin, has
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