It isn't too confusing for the Chinese, Indians, Europeans and others who now are the world's largest producers of manufactured goods. And they are all metric. Germany continues to be the world's largest exporter. Literally flooding the world with metric designed, engineered, manufactured and serviced goods.
http://www.finfacts.com/irelandbusinessnews/publish/article_10009371.shtml http://english.people.com.cn/200703/09/eng20070309_356085.html Yet, how are American exports of manufactured goods doing? America is a lot larger then the US, both in size and population and should be out selling Germany that many times more. But when a country like the US is anti-metric and doesn't work in metric it provides an incentive not to buy American goods. I wonder how the authors of these articles would feel if they realized that metric countries sell lots of goods and America sells near to nothing. How many goods once produced in the US in inches are now produced elsewhere in metric? How many Americans would be singing a different tune if they realized that by not being metric they threw away their middle class life style? Dan That they can't get the html right is indicative of the quality of the story..... http://www.purdueexponent.org/index.php/module/Section/section_id/5/?module=article&story_id=4696 Nat No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.7/712 - Release Date: 3/6/2007 3:42 PM ____________________________________________________________________________________ Finding fabulous fares is fun. Let Yahoo! FareChase search your favorite travel sites to find flight and hotel bargains. http://farechase.yahoo.com/promo-generic-14795097
