Dear All, You will be interested in this reference from Reuters: http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/06/24/idUS27637249720110624 where they write:
So, the EPA had to come up with a new unit of measurement in order to help the public understand all those crazy and complicated numbers. Essentially, the EPA had to dumb stuff down so people could understand what they were talking about- if the EPA has to make up a new system of measurement to replace an existing system of measurement that is deemed to tricky by the masses, I guess this sort of puts the final nail in the coffin for the metric system ever being adopted in the U.S. I emphasised the last sentence of the quote. Better still, I will repeat it here: I guess this sort of puts the final nail in the coffin for the metric system ever being adopted in the U.S. Cheers, 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.
