This is good news.  Thanks.

 

John Altounji

One size does not fit all.
Social promotion ruined Education.

 

From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf
Of Remek Kocz
Sent: Sunday, May 19, 2013 5:58 PM
To: U.S. Metric Association
Subject: [USMA:52790] Re: Liters replace gallons at pump as Panama goes
metric

 

Well, well, we keep hearing about the US-Burma-Liberia club.  Never knew
that Panama was part of it.  The good news is that it's coming to an end.
And with Burma (Myanmar) opening up, there may just be two members left.

 

On Sun, May 19, 2013 at 7:02 PM, Kilopascal <[email protected]> wrote:

Did anyone know that Panama recently switched their gasoline pumps from US
gallons to litres? 

 

 
<http://www.newsroompanama.com/business/5569-liters-replace-gallons-at-pump-
as-panama-goes-metric.html>
http://www.newsroompanama.com/business/5569-liters-replace-gallons-at-pump-a
s-panama-goes-metric.html

 

>From Wikipedia on gallons:

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallon#Worldwide_usage_of_gallons

 

The US gallon is used in  <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberia> Liberia,
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belize> Belize,
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colombia> Colombia,
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dominican_Republic> The Dominican
Republic,  <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecuador> Ecuador,
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Salvador> El Salvador,
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grenada> Grenada,
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guatemala> Guatemala,
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haiti> Haiti,
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honduras> Honduras,
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myanmar> Myanmar (Burma),
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicaragua> Nicaragua,
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peru> Peru,
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puerto_Rico> Puerto Rico and the
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States> United States .[15]
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallon#cite_note-GIZ-15> 

 

Will the metrication of gasoline pumps in Panama spread to the remain
Central American countries?

 

Spread this good News.

 

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