This is the web publication of an article written nearly 15 years ago. It makes the claim about metrication, "The Congress, the states, the private sector, and all the appropriate agencies of government, including the Department of Transportation (DOT) and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), are trying to rectify this situation."
At the time, DOT and FHWA had a credible plan for highways which the ever-helpful Congress overturned, and the plan completely abandoned and reversed. Some effort has continued in the private sector. However, since then, each of the other groups mentioned has done absolutely nothing or actively opposed metrication. Sorry to rain on your parade, but the government, collectively, has turned its back on this, and I doubt the private sector can or will do it on its own. (Actually, the private sector does it pretty quietly, and may deliberately obscure the fact it has, so it may be hard to tell. Either because they are required to use dual, or may choose to do so, it is often not obvious what they are doing internally, without access to engineering drawings.) ________________________________ From: Pat Naughtin <[email protected]> To: U.S. Metric Association <[email protected]> Sent: Sun, January 3, 2010 5:07:25 AM Subject: [USMA:46356] Building pressure Dear All, The pressure is building for the USA to go metric but, I suspect that many proponents are working in isolation. We all need to support people like this: http://www.engineeringpathway.com/ep/learning_resource/summary/;jsessionid=G5VSH4ASQEIX3ABAVRSSFEQ?id=9B2FF2BE-AA09-4975-9B19-2AFB7E6354A1 Cheers, Pat Naughtin Author of the ebook, Metrication Leaders Guide, that you can obtain from http://metricationmatters.com/MetricationLeadersGuideInfo.html PO Box 305 Belmont 3216, Geelong, Australia Phone: 61 3 5241 2008 Metric system consultant, writer, and speaker, Pat Naughtin, has helped thousands of people and hundreds of companies upgrade to the modern metric system smoothly, quickly, and so economically that they now save thousands each year when buying, processing, or selling for their businesses. Pat provides services and resources for many different trades, crafts, and professions for commercial, industrial and government metrication leaders in Asia, Europe, and in the USA. Pat's clients include the Australian Government, Google, NASA, NIST, and the metric associations of Canada, the UK, and the USA. See http://www.metricationmatters.com/ to subscribe.
