Comments on: Should the United States switch to the metric system?

By: Vincent

Vincent — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 02:48:57 +0000

There are several reasons why the US should/will switch to metric:
1. Measuring liquid volume will be less difficult because a liter is a cubic decimeter.
2. Once an american switches to the metric system, they aren't going to change back.
3. I use gigameters to measure distances inside the solar system.
4. The population rate of the US metrication is growing by roughly 260,000 people per day.

By: Jared

Jared — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:07:49 +0000

Probably won't happen.

By: LordTiberivs

LordTiberivs — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 12:05:56 +0000

It was dumped because Americans are too lazy to try and understand a new system. You cannot deny that the English Imperial System is overly confusing…. If you need 110 sq ft of carpeting and the carpet is sold at $10/sq yd… how much do you pay? Which hold more volume a gallon, 5 pints, or 38 fluid ounces? Whats the difference bw a fluid ounce and a weight ounce? All these questions are easily answered with metrics. Metrics are based solely on the number 10. With the EI system I need to convert sqaure yards to square feet with a division of three… and ounces to pints to gallons???

Sack up America! If Ford and Chevy started advertising kph/liter we'd all pick it up extremely quickly.

Also… the English Imperial Systemis so outdated you can't use it for most modern measurments…. Measurments of electricity, mass, density, frequency, magnetics, acceleration… all have to me measured in metrics.

By: Bloviating Zeppelin

Bloviating Zeppelin — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 07:44:02 +0000

No. It's been tried before and dumped before. Apparently no one around here was alive in the 70s when gas pumps read in liters and KPH was placed onto speedometers. The KPH inner circle is still there on vehicles sold in America.

By: Jared

Jared — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:45:23 +0000

Why not? It is more efficient.

By: Sal

Sal — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:22:55 +0000

I agree with you Liberty!

By: Liberty

Liberty — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:55:03 +0000

I don't want to switch. Because then I'd have to completely change my way of thinking. It's hard enough for me to remember how long a mile is. >.<

By: David

David — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:56:10 +0000

Of course we should switch. we broke off from England over 200 years ago… Why should we worship the British King by measuring things based on his body parts?

By: LordTiberivs

LordTiberivs — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:48:32 +0000

It is definitely a more efficient system considering everything is based around tens. Rather than our old English system which uses 3, 8, 12, and 16. Frankly, even the English don't use the old English system anymore.
It would take years for a proper transition though. American autos would change drastically, our measure of weights, and distances would be years in catching up. It would be sweeping changes that I don't think Americans are ready for: distance, volume, weight, temperature…etc all of them would be affected.

By: Jared

Jared — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:44:09 +0000

I think so. It's more efficient.