Dear Simon,
To the best of my knowledge there is no detailed answers to your
questions as no definitive study on the benefits of metrication has
been done anywhere in the world. I have made an estimate that has not
been challenged that it currently costs the USA more than a trillion
dollars each year not to be metric!
See the 8 page article: http://www.metricationmatters.com/docs/CostOfNonMetrication.pdf
to explore this further.
Cheers,
Pat Naughtin
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from http://metricationmatters.com/MetricationLeadersGuideInfo.html
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On 15/08/2009, at 6:28 AM, <[email protected]> <[email protected]>
wrote:
I'm wondering what kind of economic damage has been/is being done to
the country's industries when some businesses operate only in metric
and others try to resist it as much as possible. For example, if I
design a product in metric and send it to you to make for me and you
tell me you can't do metric. So I don't give you the job. What
about industries that have to produce double inventories, an English
version and a metric version. Fasteners come to mind.
What about the loss of export business when foreign companies and
consumers won't buy non-metric goods or services? Has anyone ever
added up the costs?
Obviously Congress does not care if American industries have a cost
burden that can hurt them in bad times, as we are experiencing now.
Simon
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From: "John M. Steele" <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, 2009-08-14 16:09
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]
>
Subject: Re: [USMA:45631] Re: OK Simon.....try this.
> 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
>
>
