Dear Robert,
I"m glad that you had the opportunity to speak with Cliff Waldman, the
Council Director and Senior Economist of the Manufacturers Alliance for
Productivity and Innovation (MAPI), yesterday.
Hopefully he was receptive to your points in that conversation. It would
be very nice to find that this induces MAPI to push for metrication.
Well done!
Best regards,
Jim
On 2014-01-08 13:28, Robert H. Bushnell wrote:
2014 Jan 8
Dear Mr. Waldman,
It was good to talk with you yesterday. I hope you
can inform me (and the metric community) about why the US
has not finished removing use of inch-pound units from
every day life and from all manufacturing as well as the
use of inch-pound units by manufacturers, who are already
using millimeters, talking to the public.
US use of inches is a substantial problem and expense
in international commerce. It is said that the US is half
way to using SI metric. Is this true? MAPI may know
better than anyone.
With a one trillion dollar per year loss in the GDP, this
is serious. K-12 schools make a big part of this loss.
I hope you can help. How can I help you?
Robert H. Bushnell PhD PE
502 Ord Drive Boulder CO 80303-4732
[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
303-554-0728
