On 2009/04/12, at 1:46 AM, Jeremiah MacGregor wrote:
The firms that did not metricate domestically simply had the goods
they wanted produced in metric made elsewhere in the world where
metric is accepted and not rejected.
Why should someone spend time and money to metricate a domestic
company only to meet resistance when it is simpler just to close the
factory and have the goods made in metric somewhere else? This is
more beneficial economically and a win-win situation for the company
doing it and the country getting the jobs.
If you know your workers and you know that any attempt to metricate
the company will be met with with resistance which could waste your
money and efforts, would you try to convert or would you simply look
for another means to make your parts and goods metric? The auto
industry is big and they could make it happen a lot easier then a
smaller company where resistance can hurt the bottom line. The
simplest and easiest way for others to convert is to simply close
the factory go somewhere where there is no hatred of things metric.
Metrication is meant to benefit the industry at both the worker's
and consumer's expense. Is it any wonder our living standard is
bought with borrowed money and not earned money?
Jerry
Dear Jerry,
Have you ever tried to calculate the cost to the USA of these practices.
I have tried (at http://www.metricationmatters.com/docs/CostOfNonMetrication.pdf
) where I based my estimates of the costs on the UK experience in
the late 1960s and the 1970s.
I would be most interested to see your estimates.
Cheers,
Pat Naughtin
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Geelong, Australia
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