Well, that may be more possible than many years ago when a switch to
metric was proposed.
At that time, the machine tool industry was well invested in the English
system for such things as screw threads and such.
Now that the automotive industry uses mostly metric hardware, the switch
may be easier than it was 'back then'.
I think the main stumbling block right now is a 'consumer attitude' in
the US that thinks in the English system.
I can go to the hardware store and buy Metric fasteners, no problem, so
in terms of hardware availability, no problem exists - I think the major
problem is in the minds of the US consumers who are well indoctrinated
into the English system of weights and measures.
Even at that, it is not entirely English - my weight is in Pounds, but
in England, it would be in Stones, while the rest of the world would
measure weight in Kilograms.
So much for standardization.
73,
Don W3FPR
On 6/22/2014 6:43 PM, WILLIS COOKE via Elecraft wrote:
In High School, 1953 to 1958, I was introduced to the Metric System in Chemistry and Physics. I thought "WOW, what a
system, I can soon forget the obsolete feet, inches, Fahrenheit stuff and use a system that makes sense." In college in
Engineering School I used mostly the Metric system which confirmed that we could soon forget the "English System of
Measurements". In 1978 when I worked in Scotland, I found that even the English did not use the "English" system
and were converting to Metric. I checked and only the United States, Burma and Liberia still used the "English"
system. I worked nearly 50 years using the "English System" that even the English found too difficult. Now, I am
retired and we are still trying to hold on to the obsolete system of measurements. Even QST gave up on it 40 years ago! Enough!
It is time for the USA to quit fighting the rest of the world and switch to Metric
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