Pat, Even better would be "kilograms of oil" of light crude or of some other grade of crude oil in units of mass, not volume.
Gene. ---- Original message ---- >Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2008 16:01:57 +1000 >From: Pat Naughtin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: [USMA:41107] Re: Time magazine, June 16, 2008, page 20, "A Brief >History of:The Oil Barrel" >To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> > > Dear All, > I have just sent this letter to Time magazine. > > Dear Editor, > > Your article 'A Brief History Of: The Oil Barrel' By > Kate Pickert (Thursday, Jun. 05, 2008) was possibly > historically interesting, but its best achievement > was to point up the silliness of using a mid 1800s > word, barrel, as a technical term for the 21st > century. > > We now live in a world focused on peak oil and > climate change. Our survival on planet Earth may > depend on how well we understand and communicate > energy related issues. Using the word 'barrel' does > not help. > > As your article points out, we can't even compare > energy use in Russia and Japan with the USA. A litre > of oil from the Middle East should be recognised, in > all countries, as a litre of oil without any need > for conversion into measures that are archaic > (barrels) or local (gallons). > > Cheers, > > Pat Naughtin > PO Box 305 Belmont 3216, > Geelong, Australia > Phone: 61 3 5241 2008 > Metric system consultant, writer, and speaker, Pat > Naughtin, has helped thousands of people and > hundreds of companies upgrade to the modern metric > system smoothly, quickly, and so economically that > they now save thousands each year when buying, > processing, or selling for their businesses. Pat > provides services and resources for many different > trades, crafts, and professions for commercial, > industrial and government metrication leaders in > Asia, Europe, and in the USA. Pat's clients include > the Australian Government, Google, NASA, NIST, and > the metric associations of Canada, the UK, and the > USA. See http://www.metricationmatters.com/ for more > metrication information, contact Pat > at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or to get the > free 'Metrication matters' newsletter go to: > http://www.metricationmatters.com/newsletter/ to > subscribe.
