Jim: I like the way you think. Mark Henschel On Fri, Oct 3, 2014 at 11:33 AM, James <j...@metricmethods.com> wrote:
> NOTE: I wrote this reply on another mail server on the issue of EIA's > non-compliance with EO 12770, The Metric Act, etc. I thought it might > interest some of you. The person I replied to had written, "What can we do? > Sue!" But that's expensive. > > Jim > > It would be much, much cheaper to purchase a hosting package and to post a > parallel website. That site could take the EIA data and modify it to > include values in SI units. Heck, it could even delete non-SI values! > > Government data and printed (paper or electronic) materials are not > copyrighted. One would have to take care not to make it appear like a > fraudulent copy. The domain could be EIA-Metric.com and each webpage could > cite the page source of the data on it and state that the data had been > corrected to comply with US Law (cited therein). > > "What the EIA would have told you if it were in compliance with EO12770:" > would be great subtitle to every page. > "We bring you data from the EIA after converting it to read in SI > units. This is the way the EIA should be doing it, according to Executive > Order 12770 (signed in 1992). The EIA persists in using one arcane unit for > oil, another for coal, yet another for gasses, and so on. By this method, > the EIA prevents the reader from making simple comparisons between > categories of energy sources. Our site facilitates that comparison." > > There would be no need to convert and publish each and every EIA webpage. > Several would start to draw attention! That would be especially true if the > EIA PR department were alerted by this new site's owner. PR agents for > other energy-concerned organizations could also be alerted -- for example, > the Sierra Club and its ilk. > > Of course, one should include a disclaimer: > "We cannot guarantee the accuracy of this converted data. The EIA > uses such arcane units of measure and so poorly defines them that we had to > make do with our best estimate with the true meaning of the EIA's > materials." > > Now, THAT should shame the EIA into taking corrective action on their own > website! > > Jim > > > -- > James R. Frysinger > 632 Stoney Point Mountain Road > Doyle TN 38559-3030 > > (C) 931.212.0267 > (H) 931.657.3107 > (F) 931.657.3108 > >
