Our local newspaper published my pro-metric letter so I though you all
might want to read it. I provide a link below in addition to the full
letter here:
Letter: U.S. must catch up on metric conversion
Hawaii introduced HB 36, a bill that could make SI (the metric system)
the official system of measurement in Hawaii and require its use in
public documents, public records and public school instructional
materials beginning in 2018.
The cost of not switching to SI is quickly increasing with the trend
towards globalization. Failing to complete national metric conversion
could result in the United States? losing its competitive edge in
science and technology, as well as continuing to create bilateral
trade impediments with other nations.
Completing our metric conversion would likely result in the creation
of many jobs and enable the current and future workforce of the United
States to be more prepared to work in the international marketplace.
Just as Oregon pioneered the bottle bill, resulting in other states
adopting a similar law and just as the Canadian province of Ontario
pioneered legalization of same-sex marriage resulting in a nationwide
law, so too Hawaii could very well be the metric pioneer state that
would nudge the United States toward completing metric conversion so
that our nation can finally enter the modern era of measurement
harmony on Earth.
David Pearl
Salem
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20130714/OPINION/307140016/Letter-U-S-must-catch-up-metric-conversion
David Pearl MetricPioneer.com 503-428-4917
