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Should the US Adopt the Metric System?
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Fixed it for you, there is no civilization anywhere in this world.
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Originally posted by Teallaura View PostNo. It wastes a lot of materials, time and energy because very quickly you end up having to replace all the new signage, et al in order to eliminate the rampant confusion.
We tried it. We didn't like it. So no. Besides, three feet make a yard is just not that complicated. The only time most people need to convert miles to kilometers is when looking at a foreign map - which they are probably doing on Google so how hard is it to use Google for the conversion assuming you even really care. Industries that want to use metric are free to do so - and some do. You can buy bolts in either system from any hardware store (and it's easy to tell who is fixing a foreign made product or building their own ). If you don't own a calculator, Dollar Tree is just down the street - you don't even have to do the math anymore.
Y'all keep your danged metrics to yourselves. You got the Coke bottles years ago - why ya gotta take everything?
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Originally posted by stfoskey15 View PostIt seems to me that it would make sense for the U.S. to adopt the metric system as its official system of units. It is much easier to convert units in the within the metric system, and it would (eventually) end the need to convert from the U.S. customary system to the metric system. With only one set of units needed for manufacturing products, foreign trade would also be easier. While there would be some costs to adopt it, it seems as though the time saved from no longer having to use the old system would eventually pay off.
I figure we should pick up where we left off and finish changing all the highway signs to metric. There are already a couple highways with metric signs that were put up when the U.S. first tried to switch in the 1970s (eg. I-19).
And just for reference, here is a history of the metric system in the United States: http://science.howstuffworks.com/why...ric-system.htm
No. It wastes a lot of materials, time and energy because very quickly you end up having to replace all the new signage, et al in order to eliminate the rampant confusion.
We tried it. We didn't like it. So no. Besides, three feet make a yard is just not that complicated. The only time most people need to convert miles to kilometers is when looking at a foreign map - which they are probably doing on Google so how hard is it to use Google for the conversion assuming you even really care. Industries that want to use metric are free to do so - and some do. You can buy bolts in either system from any hardware store (and it's easy to tell who is fixing a foreign made product or building their own ). If you don't own a calculator, Dollar Tree is just down the street - you don't even have to do the math anymore.
Y'all keep your danged metrics to yourselves. You got the Coke bottles years ago - why ya gotta take everything?
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Originally posted by Cow Poke View PostAnd medical.
I think the US should adopt the metric system the day after I'm dead.Last edited by shunyadragon; 07-16-2015, 10:04 PM.
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Originally posted by 37818 View PostWhich make the US meter 1 = 1.000002 international meter.
The US meter is slightly longer.
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The US has been on its metric system since 1866.
The US meter is exactly 39.37 inches. It is used for land measurement.
Where the international meter is based on exactly 2.54 centimeters per inch.
Which make the US meter 1 = 1.000002 international meter.
The US meter is slightly longer.
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Originally posted by Raphael View Postby English, I take it you mean the Imperial system?Last edited by Faber; 07-16-2015, 09:46 PM.
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Originally posted by KingsGambit View PostSeriously, though, in the US, I believe metric is already fairly standard within science/engineering so I'm not sure that it would practically have a lot of benefits to outweigh the confusion of conversion.
I think the US should adopt the metric system the day after I'm dead.
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Lincoln Chafee is running for president with this as his platform. His reasoning wasn't that it would make sense; it would serve as a sign of good will to the rest of the world.
(No, this isn't how you win.)
Seriously, though, in the US, I believe metric is already fairly standard within science/engineering so I'm not sure that it would practically have a lot of benefits to outweigh the confusion of conversion.
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Originally posted by Faber View PostDelaware tried to go metric when they constructed Route 1. The exit numbers are still kilometers but they changed back to mile markers. Originally even the speed limit signs were in km/h, making the top speed 100 km/h. People who didn't know what km/h stood for were really taking off until DelDOT changed the signs back to English.
New Jersey DOT tried the same thing back in the 1990s but it became so confusing that they reverted back to English. Their metric design manuals are still around, but gathering dust.
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Originally posted by stfoskey15 View PostIt seems to me that it would make sense for the U.S. to adopt the metric system as its official system of units. It is much easier to convert units in the within the metric system, and it would (eventually) end the need to convert from the U.S. customary system to the metric system. With only one set of units needed for manufacturing products, foreign trade would also be easier. While there would be some costs to adopt it, it seems as though the time saved from no longer having to use the old system would eventually pay off.
I figure we should pick up where we left off and finish changing all the highway signs to metric. There are already a couple highways with metric signs that were put up when the U.S. first tried to switch in the 1970s (eg. I-19).
And just for reference, here is a history of the metric system in the United States: http://science.howstuffworks.com/why...ric-system.htm
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No! We like our miles per hour! The metric system is only for science class and science papers.
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