Dear Mr. President, On January 10, a whitehouse.gov "We The People" petition in support of U.S. changeover to the metric-system standard of measurement surpassed the 25,000-signature threshold needed to earn your response.
The petition appears to be receiving approximately 1,000 to 3,000 additional signatures per day, and is still receiving them at that rate. The petition was posted on the site December 31, and reached the prescribed threshold for action in only 10 days. The U.S. is the only major nation that does not use the metric system as its everyday measurement standard, thus making America an island of inch-pound commercial isolation in a metric sea of ambitious competitors who are not saddled with our measurement restriction. Each additional day that America waits to convert to the metric system means additional costs to the Nation in terms of lost trade, lost scientific development, lost academic prowess for our students, and lost cultural diversity. We urge you to heed this petition (now at over 28,000 signatures and counting!), and open a national dialogue immediately on an approach to establishing U.S.change to the metric system. Here is a way for you to transform America in a direction that is surely begging for a transformation! Link to petition: https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/make-metric-system-standard-united-states-instead-imperial-system/FndsKXLh SIncerely, Paul R. Trusten Registered Pharmacist Vice President and Public Relations Director U.S. Metric Association, Inc. www.metric.org trus...@grandecom.net +1(432)528-7724
