> On 2010/12/01, at 10:20 , Ron Stone wrote: > >> it would also help if the fuel pumps in the US displayed liters rather than >> the pre-metric gallon. >> >> there are probably a number of ways that consumers could be better informed >> about their vehicles and their fuel economy if fuel pumps simply displayed >> liters and price per liter. >> >> Ron
Dear Ron, To be facetious -- aren't all fuel pumps in the USA already calibrated in litres -- expressed in lots of 3.785 412 E-03 litres at a time? The oil companies just forgot to write on the pumps something like: "As required by national standards in the USA, we use metric gallons" 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 for more metrication information, contact Pat at [email protected] or to get the free 'Metrication matters' newsletter go to: http://www.metricationmatters.com/newsletter to subscribe.
