Dear John Steele, The good news is that a lot of retail products seem poised for metric-only labeling. I've noticed that many beauty products use rational metric sizes, and some even list the metric amount first with US Customary listed in parentheses (and sporting some oddball amount).
Once we have the amended FPLA and the last two states approving the provisions of the UPLR for metric-only labeling, I predict we'll see a flood of products switch over to metric only. Just a first step in the metrication process, but an important one from a psychological standpoint, I believe. Ezra ----- Original Message ----- From: "John M. Steele" <[email protected]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, August 14, 2009 1:09:43 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific Subject: [USMA:45634] 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.
