We know a lot more is going on now than then, but I doubt Congress will come up with money for another survey.
Mark
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From: Kilopascal <[email protected]>
Date: Wednesday, March 13, 2013 8:49 pm
Subject: Re: [USMA:52521] RE: (4) Ten reasons to hate...
To: Henschel Mark <[email protected]>
Cc: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]>
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> Don't you think it would be wise for someone to
> take a survey of businesses in the US to determine how much metric is used in
> companies? I doubt there is a company that is 100 % non-metric.
> Every company has to deal with metric from time to time, even if they try to
> resist or pretend not to.
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> Subject: Re: [USMA:52521] RE: (4) Ten reasons to
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I don't know all the latest details of all American companies
> that are metric, but I suspect it is a lot more than most people think. I
> continually see shampoo and skin lotion in containers that are clearly metric
> (400 ml, 650 ml, etc.) but are marked with some stupid ounce size that makes no
> sense and is clearly unnecessary.
> USMA did publish a Metric Vendors list a
> few years back, perhaps the webmaster knows is there is an electronic version
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> My understanding is that about 30 percent of US industry is
> metric in the USA, so what that would be in billions of dollars, I don't know.
> It is just a lot more than people think because the stupid corporate executives
> are convinced the people will not buy their products unless they are labeled
> with an inch-pound size.
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> Mark
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> From: Kilopascal <[email protected]>
> Date: Wednesday, March
> 13, 2013 7:07 pm
> Subject: [USMA:52521] RE: (4) Ten reasons to hate...
> To:
> [email protected], "U.S. Metric Association"
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> total industrial output of the US is
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[USMA:52521] RE: (4) Ten reasons to hate...
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Henschel Mark Wed, 13 Mar 2013 14:35:42 -0700
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> > all use metric exclusively. Most of these companies converted to metric
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> > years ago (I did training sessions in the 1970's) that they
> don't print "metric"
> > on their drawings anymore. They just assume the
> worker who reads the blueprints
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> > MArk
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