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 > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com