It is amazing that there are some people who just don't get it. What do these people expect would be the result if America adopts a post-imperial system? Who of importance outside the US would adopt such nonsense?
When you consider how much the metric world has changed economically only in recent times, at the expense of the non-metric holdouts, it doesn't take a genius to understand that the world is going to stick with the system that is making them prosperous and ignore any attempts by the nation in decline to get them to change to a re-packaged imperial. I'm sure with a 20% + unemployment rate affecting Americans there is a lot of idle time for many people to dream up the type of nonsense proposed in the article. It would be more practical if the individuals involved were to promote SI in America and associate it with job creation. No SI; No jobs. That simple. You don't ever read about people in the nations where the metric system is used, appreciated and accepted, trying to come up with a new measurement system to replace SI. It is only happening in the country that failed to adopt SI and is seeing that failure translate into a lower living standard. Shouldn't that tell you something? ________________________________ From: Pat Naughtin <[email protected]> To: U.S. Metric Association <[email protected]> Sent: Wed, July 7, 2010 10:09:30 PM Subject: [USMA:48082] For physicists Dear All, This reference is for the physicists amongst us: http://www.science20.com/hammock_physicist/metric_vs_imperial_end_epic_battle Cheers, Pat Naughtin Author of the ebook, Metrication Leaders Guide, see http://metricationmatters.com/MetricationLeadersGuideInfo.html Hear Pat speak at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lshRAPvPZY 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/ or to get the free 'Metrication matters' newsletter go to: http://www.metricationmatters.com/newsletter to subscribe.
