22nd February 2004, 4:34 PM
No, it's not. The cost would be immense. Absurdly large. And the public outcry if anyone tried it would be huge too... ever wonder why when we tried a few steps in the '70s it didn't go far? Yeah, because people don't want to use Metric... we are used to the units we've always used and couldn't just switch over to a whole different way of thinking (and if you think about it it would be, almost like having to suddenly spend the rest of your life speaking a foreign language...). And people teach their children the units. Yes we are using Metric more now, what with 2 liter bottles, Metric parts in lots of machinery and cars, teaching Metric in school science classes, etc... but I don't see us switching over all the way. Not anytime remotely soon, certainly. It is both unrealistic and would just be ... wrong ... :)
Sure Standard is more complex, and it's next to impossible to remember all of hte units, but as GR says that's part of the charm... as well as the fact that Imperial (British) Standard is/was actually a bit different in some units from US Standard... :D
Sure Standard is more complex, and it's next to impossible to remember all of hte units, but as GR says that's part of the charm... as well as the fact that Imperial (British) Standard is/was actually a bit different in some units from US Standard... :D
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