We do have some metric standards - soda is sold by the liter. Most drugs are sold by the milligram, etc.Should America change from English to Metric system?whats the metric systemShould America change from English to Metric system?Not only NO, but HELL NO !Should America change from English to Metric system?Despite the fact that the metric system is easier, the politics surrounding this issue will prevent its application. It is used in the sciences in the USA that do not require wholesale manufacturing. It has been proven to be cost prohibitive to retool all the manufacturing plants in the USA.
I am a structural engineer and they tired to mandate that we change over to the metric system. The engineering community responded with the middle digit salute. They tried to force the reinforcing bar industry to go to metric and they responded the same way.
It is a tough sell.Should America change from English to Metric system?It is ironic* that the USA fought a war to get out of the British Empire, but now they are the only country that uses the British Imperial measurement system. (with the exception of the gallon, which is the only thing smaller in Texas than it is in the UK).
Maybe if they started calling it the %26quot;Imperial%26quot; system, which is what it's called in Britain, it would become more politically acceptable to get rid of it.
Having used US data books and been forced to work out what a %26quot;BTU per hour per square foot per degree F per inch%26quot; is in SI units (watts per meter kelvin) I wish they would change.
* They don't understand irony in the USA of course.
