I am not optimistic that it would happen, but the answer is Congress and a law. Those (or 95% or them) who would go metric voluntarily already have. The rest will have to be told to.
However, Congress' past track record is to weaken other attempts, such as undermining the DOT's attempt to make all the State DOTs go metric, at least for federal projects, and the attempt to make all Federal construction go metric (Imperial bricks and lighting fixtures have to be considered and the building built off metric standards if those are cheaper. In my opinion, there is zero chance that Congress would pass the necessary laws to make this country metric. --- On Fri, 8/14/09, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Subject: [USMA:45631] Re: OK Simon.....try this. > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> > Date: Friday, August 14, 2009, 3:50 PM > > So, how do we get the ball > rolling? What > needs to be done to jump start the metric > conversion? Do we need a > government direct edict? > > Simon
