Unfortunately in the same article the mass of the pedicab was in pounds ...
Carleton From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Stan Doore Sent: Saturday, June 05, 2010 13:00 To: U.S. Metric Association Cc: Fox; Washington Post Editor; Letters CS Monitor Subject: [USMA:47503] Metric in the news 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
