Re[2]: Your expert perspective...

["McDonald, Michael P" <MPMCDON@saix367.sandia.gov>]

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Subject: Re: Your expert perspective...
Author:  radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu at CCSMTP
Date:    10/2/95 9:29 AM


On Sun, 1 Oct 1995, Alex Zapantis wrote:
     
> 
> >Well, "mileage" based on kilometers per gallon looks a lot better than 
> >"mileage" expressed as kilometers per liter.  :-)
>  
> Actually, in the SI world, fuel economy is most commonly expressed in litres 
> per hundred kilometres.
> 
> Just for your information.
> 
> 
> 
>                         Alex Zapantis
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Hmmm - I would have guessed that in the SI world, the units would be 
steres per meter, not a collection of derived units. :-)
     
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     So, when one cancels the units, i.e. steres (cubic meters) per meter, 
     the resulting measurement of gas mileage, in fundamental SI units, 
     would be expressed in units of square meters?!?  Now I see why the SI 
     system is so much better and simpler - NOT! Gee, I can't see why 
     anyone would resist switching to SI now.
     
     
     Steve Rima, CHP
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