If someone is pro-choice, why would they sign a petition for force a business
in include measurements that are not needed? Wouldn't that be denying a
business the right to choose not to use supplemental units? Obviously
pro-choice means something different to this one person then to everyone else.
I can't wait to read his justification for wanting to add a cost burden to
business and also his explanation as to why business labels metric only when
they have the option to label in dual units.
Jerry
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From: Ken Cooper <k_cooper1...@yahoo.com>
To: U.S. Metric Association <usma@colostate.edu>
Sent: Sunday, March 29, 2009 12:51:24 PM
Subject: [USMA:44198] Re: Devers Weights & Devers Measures
Pat
In 1980, the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) released a report
comparing the industrial use of metric units (only) to the use of multiple
measures. They found that the metric only companies could expect to reduce
their costs by about 9 % of their overall turnover, and to increase their net
profits by about 14 % when compared to the users of multiple
measures..............Industrial costs to the people of the UK have been
increased relative to all other European nations by about 9 %.
This may be correct, but the overwhelming majority of UK goods that are sold by
measure are packed & marked in metric only. The point above would only be
relevant if it was compulsory to dual mark metric & imperial on all goods sold
by measure. One poster to this board (Stephen Humphreys) supports this view -
he has signed a petition started by another pro-imperial activist asking for
dual-marking to be made compulsory.
Perhaps Stephen will be willing to comment on the additional costs he wishes to
impose upon UK industry through his dual marking proposals? In addition, he
might wish to comment upon the barrier to trade he would be placing on UK
importers who wish to import foreign products that are only marked in metric.
