Probable! I certainly hope so, I’ll check back in a day or two and see if anything has changed. I don’t remember the exact date, but it was the late 90’s or 2000 that the US changed to Celsius temperatures for METARS.
Mike > On 03 Apr 2015, at 20:30, John M. Steele <[email protected]> wrote: > > I could be wrong, but, honestly, I believe you have been taken in by an April > Fool's joke. > > No diplomat would use an insensitive phrase like "trade irritant." In 1988, > Congress proclaimed metric as the preferred measurement system for trade and > commerce. A few years ago, we change temperatures in METARs (aviation > weather reports) to Celsius. We may metricate slowly (VERY!! slowly) but I > find this very hard to believe. Especially since NONE of other trading > partners use Fahrenheit either. Keep in mind Mexico is the third country of > NAFTA and they are arguable more metric than you and speak a foreign language > to boot. > > From: Michael Payne <[email protected]> > To: U.S. Metric Association <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, April 3, 2015 7:55 AM > Subject: [USMA:54678] Re: Troubling agreement > > Here is the broadcast > http://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/as-it-happens-wednesday-edition-1.3018322 > <http://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/as-it-happens-wednesday-edition-1.3018322> > > You can listen to the full broadcast, the item I heard is in part 2: > temperature harmonisation, An american trade representative tells us why his > country wants Canada to switch back to Fahrenheit. You can listen to part 2 > only. > > Mike Payne > > u > > >> On 03 Apr 2015, at 13:19, John M. Steele <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> The International Dairy Foods Association lists several protocols (time and >> temperature) for pasteurisation, including ultra-pasteurised, which can be >> stored at room temperature. The US uses mostly 15 s, 72 °C. I wonder if the >> difference is merely which protocol is preferred or required. I can't >> imagine we would quibble over whether the temperature is stated in °C or °F >> as long as they were equivalent. >> >> http://www.idfa.org/news-views/media-kits/milk/pasteurization >> <http://www.idfa.org/news-views/media-kits/milk/pasteurization> >> From: Michael Payne <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> >> To: U.S. Metric Association <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> >> Sent: Thursday, April 2, 2015 8:20 AM >> Subject: [USMA:54674] Troubling agreement >> >> I just happened to be listening to the CBC news early this morning was half >> asleep but paid more attention when I realized they were discussing an >> apparent agreement for Canada to drop some of it’s metric requirements for >> trade with the USA (NAFTA?), they talked about pasteurisation temperatures >> as an example, from the sound of the conversation this was being pushed on >> Canada by the Washington based trade negotiator, the presenter seemed a >> little aghast that this could happen, >> >> I’ve not had time to google this apart from a cursory “Canada to drop metric >> system nafta” query which didn’t seem to bring up anything. Later on I’ll be >> able to spend a bit more time researching this, but I’m really amazed that >> this is being stuffed down the throats of the Canadians. >> >> Mike Payne >> >> >> > > >
