Excellently written, in my opinion. I was interested to hear on NPR
that a senior Chinese financial type had announced that the US was "now"
(i.e., after the recent financial mess) on a "prolonged downward" drift,
or something very close to that. Our refusal to even bring up the issue
of metrication at the highest levels is an indication of this. In China
they would just do things like coin/currency reform without the endless
debate, etc. I am definitely not a fan of Chinese undemocratic
government, but they do get things done, whereas we have meaningless
political posturing and image management.
A recent item re China in the lead, again:
http://www.terrapass.com/blog/posts/clean-tech-goes-east?utm_source=bronto&utm_medium=email&utm_term=Read%C2%A0more&utm_content=hbwyeth%40earthlink.net&utm_campaign=Newsletter+08%2F17%2F2011
I won't mention coins/currency again!
HARRY WYETH
Carleton MacDonald wrote:
I hate to say it but this argument sounds much like people who oppose
finishing the job of converting to metric in the USA. "We don't want
to change. We want to keep using our pounds, feet, miles, and
quarts. It's our choice and we should have that choice."
