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RE: Bq Soon
Bill Teer wrote:
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From: Bill.Teer@rw.doe.gov [mailto:Bill.Teer@rw.doe.gov]
Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2003 5:42 AM
To: radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu
Subject: Bq Soon
One measure that hasn't been mentioned is that of automobile gas mileage
(kilometerage?). In the US, we measure miles per gallon and look for a
high number. In metric countries, they measure kilometers/100 liters and
look for a low number. This would cause mass confusion among the public,
not to mention the regulators (EPA).
Bill Teer
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Bill,
My 1958 _Cassell's New German Dictionary_ offers "Meilenlaenge", "Meilenzahl", and "Kilometergeld" as equivalents to the English "mileage". In my 1996 _Duden Deutsches Universal Woerterbuch A-Z_, the "Meilen" derivatives have disappeared from usage and "Kilometergeld" remains.
I think the mileage measure used in Europe is something on the order of liters/100 kilometers, and they do want a small number.
Jim Dukelow
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Richland, WA
jim.dukelow@pnl.gov
These comments are mine and have not been reviewed and/or approved by my management or by the U.S. Department of Energy.
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