General > General Technical Chat
why is the US not Metric
soldar:
--- Quote from: Tepe on November 06, 2019, 04:45:29 pm --- ~40,000 km is the entire circumference.
--- End quote ---
Correct. That's the type of mistake that happens when you use American units. ;D
KL27x:
--- Quote ---From the point of view of someone outside the US, what it seems is that the government tried to convince the people of the benefits of a modern system of units several times. But the people wouldn't listen, choosing to give ears to localism and other emotional arguments.
--- End quote ---
Ears or tax money?
--- Quote ---The units I have mentioned are exactly that, "many types of Imperial".
--- End quote ---
Ok, let's say you are right. So when there's only one type of Imperial left standing, this problem no longer exists. Last I checked there's a single imperial that matters. Since the UK went metric, we can forget about british pints.
All of the significant problem have been a dead horse for at least 60 years, since global recognition of a single imperial system that is defined by a metric standard, in 1959. The other stuff is just a curiosity, unless you work in the gold industry. The last imperial standing is completely plug and play with metric. US is compliant with international standards regarding imperial, agreed upon in 1959, if and when it uses imperial.
Tepe:
--- Quote from: KL27x on November 06, 2019, 07:30:09 pm ---Since the UK went metric, we can forget about british pints.
--- End quote ---
The publicans and regulars might disagree with that
tooki:
--- Quote from: bsfeechannel on November 06, 2019, 03:49:07 pm ---From the point of view of someone outside the US, what it seems is that the government tried to convince the people of the benefits of a modern system of units several times. But the people wouldn't listen, choosing to give ears to localism and other emotional arguments.
--- End quote ---
The only place where citizens gave a crap was miles. But it’s absurd to think that people care about anything else. Consumers don’t care what fasteners their car uses. They don’t care whether a large beer is 16oz or 500ml. They don’t care whether the IV line they get in the hospital is 1m or 3 feet long. They don’t care whether their phone is 5” tall or 12cm.
Now, mechanics and others in the industry care. But nobody else does.
As long as products are fit for purpose and work with the items they need to, people don’t care. Almost nobody has some kind of emotional connection to the units used.
bsfeechannel:
--- Quote from: tooki on November 06, 2019, 07:47:20 pm ---The only place where citizens gave a crap was miles. But it’s absurd to think that people care about anything else. Consumers don’t care what fasteners their car uses. They don’t care whether a large beer is 16oz or 500ml. They don’t care whether the IV line they get in the hospital is 1m or 3 feet long. They don’t care whether their phone is 5” tall or 12cm.
Now, mechanics and others in the industry care. But nobody else does.
As long as products are fit for purpose and work with the items they need to, people don’t care. Almost nobody has some kind of emotional connection to the units used.
--- End quote ---
Cool! Since no one cares, change to metric and bury this imperial rubbish deep down in the ground.
Navigation
[0] Message Index
[#] Next page
[*] Previous page
Go to full version