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> On Dec 7, 2015, at 04:05, Peter Goodyear <p...@alphalink.com.au> wrote: > > A reporter for the US edition of the China Daily writes about the US’s > failure to convert to metric. Some quotes: > > "A superpower and the world's largest economy like the US not adopting the > metric system not only means a major inconvenience for international exchange > and communications, but it is a huge waste of resources for foreign exporters > tackling the US market or US exporters expanding in the global market." > > > "There is no doubt that the metric system has been and is the global norm of > the 21st century. It is also an area where the US has clearly fallen far > behind." > > "It is ironic that in order to make sense to US readers, the China Daily > Stylebook requires its reporters to turn the measurement units in their > stories into miles, feet and pounds. Of course, when Chinese fly on US > airlines from Washington to Beijing, they are told that the flight is 6,913 > miles, instead of 11,125 km.” > > Best wishes from a metric Australia, where tomorrow’s temperature in > Melbourne will be 33ºC. > > Peter Goodyear > _______________________________________________ > USMA mailing list > USMA@colostate.edu > https://lists.colostate.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/usma
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