This was my letter to the Wall St. Journal. But it probably won't see the light of day.
HARRY WYETH Begin forwarded message: > From: Harry Wyeth <[email protected]> > Date: November 25, 2012 10:00:55 PST > To: [email protected] > Subject: Non-metric America > > If you lived in a country with less than 5 percent of your planet's > population and spoke a language that the other 95 percent did not understand, > and you could learn the 95 percenters' language with ease with thirty > minutes's study, is there any conceivable reason why you wouldn't learn it > and discard your former language? The metric system is absolutely simple to > learn, logical and user-friendly. Americans who travel abroad and spend a > few days with kilometers, liters, and kilograms realize how backward the U.S. > system is. I believe that the degree to which our country adopts the metric > system in this century will be an excellent gauge of our overall progress and > world leadership. > > HARRY WYETH > Grass Valley, CA
