President Trump has a large number of things on his plate at the moment.
I think it would be overly optimistic to think that his seeing a
completely metric article on FoxNews might tip him towards adding
metrication to that melange. But one can dream, I suppose.
My guess would be that getting him to see metrication as a way of
reducing the cost of doing business and improving our trade balance
would be the way to go. Merchandising rather than metrology is more his
forte.
Frankly, I don't see anything useful towards metrication coming out of
this Congress and it's Congress, not the President who has the lead on
this matter. Once the 2020 elections are behind us our odds of fomenting
governmental activism might be a bit better. Currently each party is
positioning their candidates towards greater success in that election.
Jim
On 12/23/2019 15:20, Martin Vlietstra wrote:
On this side of the pond we are led to believe that your president has
considerable faith in Fox TV. Maybe he saw this and it might even have an
effect on him/
Martin
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To: James R. Frysinger; Stanislav Jakuba; John Steele
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Subject: [USMA 1289] Re: Seattle sees its darkest day in recorded history:
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Subject: [USMA 1288] Re: Seattle sees its darkest day in recorded history:
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You know, I was pretty happy about that all-metric news article. Then all the
"improvement" commenters weighed in.
Ah, well. I enjoyed that small metrication success until then.
Jim
On 12/23/2019 08:53, Stanislav Jakuba wrote:
Megajoules? Since when is the joule/area a unit in radiation?
Radiation is energy-flow thus power. Average insolation in the US is
usually considered of 200 W/m2 if my memory serves me right. So
Seattle might be
100 W/m2, or maybe 50 W/m2.
Stan J
On Mon, Dec 23, 2019 at 9:09 AM John Steele
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
A better reference might be a clear, sunny day at the same latitude,
on the same date. I estimate around 14 MJ depending on exact
assumptions.
What would one "convert" it to? British Thermal Units per square
yard? Horses per acre?
On Monday, December 23, 2019, 8:31:30 AM EST, Phil Chernack
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
That's great but wouldn't it be better if there were some reference
points like how much solar energy other cities receive. The best
way to make metric work is to make it relevant in every day life. If
people want to understand km, learn the distances between cities,
kg--the weight (mass) of common objects, etc.
Phil
On Mon, Dec 23, 2019 at 7:38 AM James R. Frysinger
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Foxnews published this article about the total insolation in
Seattle
last Friday amounting to only 0.37 MJ/m² (though they spelled
out the
unit names). No "translation"! I posted a supportive comment.
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