The lead article in the Wall Street Journal for April 23 dealt with the global effect of the EU's business regulations. Directives from Brussels are requiring US companies to make changes in their products worldwide (that means US-wide too) in order to please European regualators. Most of the article dealt with issues such as rules for preserving internet security and food content, but there was one small mention of the kg vs. lbs/ounces measurement issue in the UK vs. the Continent.
It may be that the best thing that will eventually happen to the SI movement here in the US will be demands from Europe. There are hundreds of industry lobbiests in Brussels from all over, including the US, demanding that their particular industries be heard. Let's hope that someone is demanding that US products are SI only, because this will carry over to this country. Hopefully. HARRY WYETH
