Dear Gail Chatfield, Thank you for your article, "CHATFIELD: A measure of our national reluctance" at http://www.nctimes.com/news/opinion/columnists/chatfield/article_4be39a53-6b89-5c01-9920-69eb3eef0374.html that I have just read and enjoyed.
Don Hillger is right; metric conversion dramatically holds back the inevitable metrication upgrade in the USA. See http://www.metricationmatters.com/metric_conversion.html for some more thoughts why this is so. On the subject of how metric the USA is already, you might be interested in accepting a challenge to go for a day without using the metric system at all. This article "Don't use metric" from http://www.metricationmatters.com/docs/DontUseMetric.pdf will get you started. Cheers and thanks again for your metrication thoughts for the USA, Pat Naughtin LCAMS 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.
