In addition to lobbying and influencing individual members of the US Congress, there is a need to articulate a compelling reason to metricate and the "business case" behind it, if applicable.
Obviously metrication in all sectors taken as a whole is a very large topic and any business case can only address a specific sector with some degree of homogeneity.
One often hears arguments from fence-sitters that metrication will cost a "bundle". They'll pull out estimates such as "each road sign will take $12 and multiply this by the millions of signs and you'll have to spend $xxx million just for the signage, etc.". A fact-based business case of quantitative and qualitative pros and cons would be more meaningful, if someone had the time and wherewithal to build such an argument. Here's where a "think tank" would be appropriate if one could get metrication on their research agenda.
Other sectors like "higher education", "K-12 education", "public health", "manufacturing", "automobile" etc each have their compelling arguments that could be fleshed out.
Lobbying and influencing Congressmen with impassioned pleas may work at one level but when backed up with a reasoned argument the impact would go much further, IMO.
Krishna
Krishna Kambhampaty
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