Agreed. It is much more likely that the price increased from $1.60/1000 gallons to $1.80/1000 gallons than from $1.60/1000 gallons to $1800/1000 gallons, an increase of 12.5 % vs 112 400 %.
________________________________ From: Bill Hooper <billhoope...@gmail.com> To: U.S. Metric Association <usma@colostate.edu> Sent: Thu, December 30, 2010 7:57:53 PM Subject: [USMA:49345] Re: metric gallon I'd bet that the "metric gallon" reference is a typographical error. The next expression uses "m gallon" which it later clarifies means "1000 gallons". It is clear that both measures are measures of the same kind of thing, namely the cost of water in dollars per something (the SAME something). How the phrase "m gallon" was mistyped to be "metric gallon" would be a stretch of the imagination at one time, but today, with automatic fill–in of information done on many computers, it is quite possible that the "the stupid computer did it". Specifically, the author meant to type "m gallon" and somehow messed up the first letter (possibly typing "me gallon" or "mt gallon" or "mc gallon"), then the computer's autofill took over and decided it should be the word "metric". Finally, the author did not proof read his article carefully. Hotels, laundromats, rest homes and industrial businesses will be charged 1.80 per metric gallon. Last year’s rate was $1.60 per m gallon. Bill Hooper 1810 mm tall Fernandina Beach, Florida, USA ========================== SImplification Begins With SI. ==========================
