USA convert to metric system

I hope so.

I hate nothing more than having to convert the size of a TV screen from inch to cm when it's not converted. Inch is so stupid.

American distances make no sense. Miles for long distance, inch for measuring objects, feets for measuring a person and for the elevation? I think there is the yard for God knows why.

The metric replace all of them.

Metric man wrote:

I'm thinking about running for president and this is my one and only agenda item. Everything else can take care of itself.

Metric man for president!

metric system is poopy. If i want to know how tall someone is, i want my measurements to be in "human measurements," or the approximate size of 1 human foot. Not some communists arbitrary crab like meters.

First two posts seem like Euro trolls. I’m perfectly happy with feet and inches, especially when measuring distances in track and field. I would assume that anyone in a business where measurements have to be one way or another get along just fine.

The US is already on the metric system. The military, and all procurement requires metric measurements. Everything is then converted into imperial.

Imperial is idiotic, because (among other reasons) users refuse to decimalize. It's absurd.

Fahrenheit sucks. Just use Celsius like the rest of the world does.

Alabama BSS wrote:

First two posts seem like Euro trolls. I’m perfectly happy with feet and inches, especially when measuring distances in track and field. I would assume that anyone in a business where measurements have to be one way or another get along just fine.

I’m the OP and I’m 100% pro Trump.

Metric is logical. Imperial is not stupid, it’s just archaic. Time to move to a better system. Just do it.

They tried this in the 70s

I think everyone who benefits from the metric system (scientists, engineers) has already switched. Random civilians don't really care if their jar of salsa is labeled in ounces or grams. Sure the metric version is more "logical" but it makes no tangible difference in their lives.

Jimmy Carter wrote:

They tried this in the 70s

. I know. It failed. Try again. Get it done.

just some real thoughts wrote:

I think everyone who benefits from the metric system (scientists, engineers) has already switched. Random civilians don't really care if their jar of salsa is labeled in ounces or grams. Sure the metric version is more "logical" but it makes no tangible difference in their lives.

I disagree. I think it is helpful in daily life to have one unified system for everything and to have a superior system for everything.

Everyone should use Rankine. Absolute zero is the only way to go. No negative temps!

Don't be a nut....Just do it!

http://metricpioneer.com/metrication/

I moved to the US from Europe after high school. Kinda got used to the imperial units over time but always wondered how the hell guys over here were doing unit conversions in physics or engineering. In metric, you just move the decimal point left or right, easy peasy... In the imperial system, oh well, you know what I mean...

One thing that drives me up the wall though, still, is the NBC Olympics coverage, when stating distances in throwing or jumping events... WTF knows the WR in feet and inches in long jump??? Nobody!!! Triple jump and high jump, discus, javelin, shot put, all of those I stopped watching on the NBC... At least freaking show it on the screen somewhere in metric units as the Olympics are international events!!!

I love it when the youngsters come on here with all the answers.

I agree that a switch to the metric system makes a lot of sense. We can still have the mile race though!!!

One of the problems when we tried to change was that kids (I was in middle school at the time) were taught to convert yards to meters or quarts to liters. The way to do it is just to learn how much a liter, kilogram and meter are. We learn to eyeball a "foot" or "yard" so you just learn to eye ball a meter.

I have long thought that recipes were particularly bad. Teaspoon or tablespoon? I bought a measuring think because I could never remember which is the larger amount.

I bet Andrew Yang would be down with it and get it done.

I'm kind of a fan of metric paper. Really nice to be able to cut in half and make the next size down.

The imperial system is not stupid or completely random. Most of the origins are completely logical and were born out of very practical applications.

For example, a mile, created in Roman Times, was originally created as the measure of 1000 paces. A pace being measured by alternating foot strikes (just your left or right leg). The original metric system.

That said, metric is better. Let’s move on.

Alabama BSS wrote:

......... I’m perfectly happy with feet and inches, especially when measuring distances in track and field. I would assume that anyone in a business where measurements have to be one way or another get along just fine.

Well, considering a track is usually measured using the metric system (1 lap =400m) , using feet and inches makes perfect sense.

Assumptions can be costly:

"Designed to orbit Mars as the first interplanetary weather satellite, the Mars Orbiter was lost in 1999 because the Nasa team used metric units while a contractor used imperial. The $125m probe came too close to Mars as it tried to manoeuvre into orbit, and is thought to have been destroyed by the planet's atmosphere. An investigation said the "root cause" of the loss was the "failed translation of English units into metric units" in a piece of ground software.