OK... but to some degree isn't that already happening? Why hasn't it made
Congress treat it as a real emergency issue?
I think in truth if Congress ever felt the world was rejecting US products
simply because they were not metric, they would shut the borders to the import
of products from other countries or force them to be made in English units if
they ever want to sell them here or put extremely high tarifs on the products
to make them unsellable here. I'll bet the world would cry uncle before the US
does.
Jerry
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From: "mech...@illinois.edu" <mech...@illinois.edu>
To: U.S. Metric Association <usma@colostate.edu>
Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2009 12:12:20 PM
Subject: [USMA:43152] Re: Action: Economic Stimulus Package
Rejection of exports from the US in a global trade war could make Congress more
interested in metrication, to more completely promote global measurement
standards (i.e. SI).
This, of course, does concern the wealth of corporations and nations (money as
you put it).
---- Original message ----
>Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2009 19:26:26 -0800 (PST)
>From: Jeremiah MacGregor <jeremiahmacgre...@rocketmail.com>
>Subject: [USMA:43114] Re: Action: Economic Stimulus Package
>To: "U.S. Metric Association" <usma@colostate.edu>
>Cc: "U.S. Metric Association" <usma@colostate.edu>
>...
> What other then money would make the US Congress interested in metric
>conversion now if they haven't shown an interest in 200 years?
>....
