RE: Re[2]: Your expert perspective...

[jdelahunt@cc.colorado.edu]

>>> >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.
>>     
>>Hmmm - I would have guessed that in the SI world, the units would be 
>>steres per meter, not a collection of derived units. :-)
>     
>     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.

I still think furlongs per hogshead is valid.

John

ObWonderment:  How far off-topic is Off-Topic for radsafe?

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