Dear All,
As I see myself as a faraway foreign friend of the USA, this article: http://tomdispatch.com/post/175187/tomgram%3A_orville_schell%2C_what_doesn%27t_work_in_america/#more
disturbed me so deeply that I was hesitant to share this reference
with you.
Many of the issues raised by Orville Schell, Director, Center for U.S.-
China Relations could be considerably helped by using the modern
metric system to improve efficiencies and to reduce costs, but the
metric system component is hidden within the rhetoric. You might
recall that I wrote about this in an article called, 'A metrication
elephant' that you can find at http://www.metricationmatters.com/docs/AMetricationElephant.pdf
where the science and technology organisations in the USA were able
to write a submission to the presidential candidates without
mentioning the parlous state of almost all measurements in the USA.
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
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