Hi Mathew

A gram may be a smaller unit for the 
transport industry, but if you go to a grocery store, 
you can see 1000's of items measured in a few 100
grams.

Let us NOT disturb the 'g' as a measure of mass.
If we call 'keg' for a kg,  then some people will
start
calling 'meg' for a Mg.

The whole reason for using the prefixes like kilo,
milli, etc is to apply these in all measures like
mass, distance, volume, etc.

Whether a ton is to be replaced by Mg can be discussed
in the future.

Madan



--- Matthew Zotter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> 2002 DEC 20 FRI
> 
> A while back, we were talking about replacing the kg
> with something.  Although this will not happen for
> about 200 or so years, what do you think of the
> following?
> 
> Eventually (once USA has used SI for about 100
> years), let's replace the kilogram with . . . let's
> say . . . the keg (meaning: one kilogram 1 kg = 1 Kg
> one keg).  I choose keg solely for the sysmbol Kg to
> look like kg since they would represent the same
> thing.
> one kilokeg 1 kKg = 1 tonne
> one millikeg 1 mKg = 1 gram
> 
> V/R
> Matthew Zotter
> SC, USA
> 


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