I posted the contents of this posting to the metricsucks site (leaving off the names to protect the privacy of the poster) and received the following responses from two members of the BWMA:
#1: My gas is cu ft and this is entered as such on the bill. The electricity is kwH (I think) My water is read by an official - our meters are under the pavement. #2: My gas is cubic feet, too. Also, degrees F and BTUs, funnily enough, as I recall. Also, was looking at the coke machien at work, and saw the following measures' abbreviations printed on the side: psi, oz, amp, volt. So there we are. Also, in Kensington recently, and bought a 330ml can of soft drink.. marked 11.19oz. Nice. I don't see why we don't just go for 12 ounces and be done with it. I find it hard to believe that imperial supporters have their utilities supplied to them in imperial units and metric supporters have their utilities supplied in metric units. Can someone tell me if the UK sells their utilities completely by metric units or partially? Are these people lying , misinformed, assuming falsely they purchase in imperial, or what? Euric ----- Original Message ----- From: "Terry Simpson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, 2004-05-16 10:42 Subject: [USMA:29803] Re: Petrol prices > > Of Bill Hooper > >I think it is unfortunate that Australia promotes non-SI units > >like the kilolitre and megalitre. Everything else in Australia metrication > >seems to have been done so admirably. > > I agree. The UK is well behind Australia in most metrication respects. > However UK utilities are as follows > > Water when metricated: > Meter and bill: cubic metres > > Gas when metricated: > Meter: cubic metres > Bill: kWh > > Electricity when metricated: > Meter and bill: kWh > > I understand that Australia uses kJ for one of the energy utilities. > >
