I'd hope so. We've got a fairly efficient bureaucracy in NY, but a very dysfunctional state legislature.
Remek On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 6:31 PM, James Frysinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As an optimist, I'm confident that NY will soon adopt permissive > metric-only. Now, AL might be another matter. > > Jim > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Jim, > > > > You wrote to the PEI that, of the 2 states that have not signed on to > > the updated UPLR that permits metric-only labeling, one is about to sign on. > > > > Great news! > > > > Just wondering if this is really true, and, if so, how we know this. > > > > thanks, > > Ezra > > > > -------------- Original message ---------------------- > > From: James Frysinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > Just now I got a reply from Robert Renkes, President of PEI. His > > > response was short but sweet: "Right you are." > > > > > > He promised nothing but I imagine that my proposal will at least be > > > considered. > > > > > > Jim > > > > > > James Frysinger wrote: > > > > > > > Sent a few minutes ago to the Petroleum Equipment Institute: > > > > > > > > Recent articles indicate that once again our nation's older gasoline > > > > pumps are near the end of their capabilities for recording sale prices > > > > and > > > > rates. > > > > > > > > The time has come for PEI to dust off a technique used by Shell in > > > > the early '70s when this problem also arose. We should start selling > > > > gasoline by the liter and make it a permanent feature. > > > > > > > > All but two states now allow metric-only labeling of products and > > > > one of those two is about to join the group. The Fair Packaging and > > > > Labeling > > > > Act is expected to be amended soon to allow metric-only labeling on > > > > federally controlled goods. The U.S. is moving towards metric packaging > > > > and > > > > unit pricing. Water, fruit juices, and even milk in some areas are being > > > > sold by the liter and half-liter. Americans understand liters. > > > > > > > > Jim > > > > > > > > -- > > > James R. Frysinger > > > 632 Stony Point Mountain Road > > > Doyle, TN 38559-3030 > > > > > > (H) 931.657.3107 > > > (C) 931.212.0267 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > James R. Frysinger > 632 Stony Point Mountain Road > Doyle, TN 38559-3030 > > (H) 931.657.3107 > (C) 931.212.0267 > >
