Re: SI Units

[William V Lipton <liptonw@dteenergy.com>]

In Michigan, circa 1982, the government required that gasoline be sold in
liters, but backed down after a year or two.

Shall we stop at McDonalds for a 0.1135 kg with cheese?  (On second thought,
better make it 2 all beef patties, special sauce ...)

The opinions expressed are strictly mine.
It's not about dose, it's about trust.

Bill Lipton
liptonw@dteenergy.com


"Neil, David M" wrote:

> Well, in point of fact the U.S. DID do that ... over a century ago.  It
> didn't "take".
>
> They tried again a bit over twenty years ago.   It didn't "take".
>
> Does this say something about the attitudes of the two populations?   :-)
>
> Dave Neil
> neildm@id.doe.gov
>
> p.s. When I started to send this the first time, my spellchecker choked on
> "SI".  Sounds like an indication of an attitude to me.
>
> On Tuesday, September 07, 1999 7:28 PM, Fritz A. Seiler
> [SMTP:faseiler@nmia.com] wrote:
> > As a way to convert to SI, I could suggest the German way (Sorry, but
> > I have forgotten the year); they just legislated it: "As of Jan. 1, 19xx,
> SI
> > units will be used."  And they did it!  No more calories etc. on food
> > package labels but kg, Joules, etc.
>
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