1. In the June 6 issue of The Washington Post weekly magazine, metric
only (10 meters) was used to report light visibility distance in its "Pedicab
power" article.
2. In the June 7 issue of The Christian Science Monitor weekly magazine,
metric only (cubic meters) was used in reporting water volume flow of the Nile
River guaranteed for Egypt in its "Dispute flares over control of Nile" article.
Contrast the above reporting with reporting the Gulf oil spill in gallons
for the first few weeks of the spill and now reporting a combination of gallons
and barrels of oil spilled. No use of metric (cubic meters) of oil spilled is
being used.
It would be more understandable and consistent to use the single
international standard SI metric system of measurement for oil spilled since
the SI is a coherent system of measurement while others are not.
Regards, Stan Doore
Silver spring MD
