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Why should the US metricate? Because continued use of the Imperial measurement system is expensive, silly, stubborn, and stupid. I can convert between millimeters, centimeters, decimeters, meters, kilometers, etc., without a calculator or a conversion factor reference sheet. Forget having to calculate 12 inches per foot, 5680 feet per mile ... uh, or is that 5280 ... or 5820? Dern dyslexia. And how many feet in half of a mile? How many yards? Just keeping up with the conversion factors in the imperial system is a full time job. And then, some of the US Customary system is really based on metric measurements, anyway: the official length of one inch is 2.54 centimeters ... by definition. BTW, that's 0.254 decimeters and 25.4 millimeters. (See how easy that was? Just move the decimal point around.) From an anthropological point of view, I have ten fingers which makes calculating in decimal natural. Furthermore our counting system is base-10, not base-4, base-8, base-12, base-16, base-24, or base-60. People argue that decimal measurements aren't based on natural measurements but I say: - I have ten fingers - my pinky finger fingernail is right at one centimeter wide - my hand is about one decimeter wide at the knuckles - the top of my hip bone is a meter off of the ground. Proposed U.S. Metrication Bills

Here's a good set of examples of why NOT to use U.S. Customary Units. The U.S. Customary example was originally written by Remek on MySpace in the group called "The Metric System Sucks." I converted them to metric units for a parallel comparison of the same exact problems:

I've got an aquarium that's 12 7/8" x 21 1/2" x 14 3/16". How many gallons of water will I need to fill it to 2" from the top? How many pounds will it weigh? I want to know if my six-year-old will be able to lift it. I've got an aquarium that's 327 mm x 546 mm x 360 mm. How many liters of water will I need to fill it to 50 mm from the top? How many kilograms will it weigh? I want to know if my six-year-old will be able to lift it.

I have a 11' 3 1/2" x 12" trench that's 14" deep. I want to put a retaining wall there. How many cubic yards of crushed stone will I need to fill it to a 4" depth? I have a 3442 mm x 305 mm trench that's 356 mm deep. I want to put a retaining wall there. How many cubic meters of crushed stone will I need to fill it to a 100 mm depth?

I have 1.13 acres of land (hundredths of acres? since when is the acre metric?). My True Green guy is quoting me per square foot for the weed-n-feed program. How do I know that the total price is not BS? Did he subtract the square footage of the house? I have 0.457 3 hectares (4 573 sq meters) of land. My True Green guy is quoting me per square meter for the weed-n-feed program. How do I know that the total price is not BS? Did he subtract the area of the house?

I'm at the salad bar. It's priced per ounce. The scale at the register shows that I have 0.91 pounds of salad on the plate. How much do I owe? Am I sure that the cashier has the right conversion factor? Do I even know of the conversion factor? I'm at the salad bar. It's priced per gram. The scale at the register shows that I have 0.41 kg of salad on the plate. How much do I owe? Am I sure that the cashier has the right conversion factor? Do I even know of the conversion factor? Oh yeah, there's 1 000 grams in a kilogram. That's easy.

I'm looking at European chocolate. It's labeled as 10.8oz. The shelf label helpfully gives me the price per pound. How do I compare it to the mighty Hershey's 1/2-pounder that's listed on someone else's shelf whith a per-ounce price? I'm looking at European chocolate. It's labeled as 306 g. The shelf label helpfully gives me the price per kg. How do I compare it to the mighty Hershey's Quarter-Kilo bar that's listed on someone else's shelf whith a per-gram price?
Remek wraps up the post with, "Real world ponderings, folks. Impossible in Fred Flinstone Units w/out a calculator. Done in your head in seconds using Metric."

I've got an aquarium that's 12 7/8" x 21 1/2" x 14 3/16". How many gallons of water will I need to fill it to 2" from the top? How many pounds will it weigh? I want to know if my six-year-old will be able to lift it.	I've got an aquarium that's 327 mm x 546 mm x 360 mm. How many liters of water will I need to fill it to 50 mm from the top? How many kilograms will it weigh? I want to know if my six-year-old will be able to lift it.
I have a 11' 3 1/2" x 12" trench that's 14" deep. I want to put a retaining wall there. How many cubic yards of crushed stone will I need to fill it to a 4" depth?	I have a 3442 mm x 305 mm trench that's 356 mm deep. I want to put a retaining wall there. How many cubic meters of crushed stone will I need to fill it to a 100 mm depth?
I have 1.13 acres of land (hundredths of acres? since when is the acre metric?). My True Green guy is quoting me per square foot for the weed-n-feed program. How do I know that the total price is not BS? Did he subtract the square footage of the house?	I have 0.457 3 hectares (4 573 sq meters) of land. My True Green guy is quoting me per square meter for the weed-n-feed program. How do I know that the total price is not BS? Did he subtract the area of the house?
I'm at the salad bar. It's priced per ounce. The scale at the register shows that I have 0.91 pounds of salad on the plate. How much do I owe? Am I sure that the cashier has the right conversion factor? Do I even know of the conversion factor?	I'm at the salad bar. It's priced per gram. The scale at the register shows that I have 0.41 kg of salad on the plate. How much do I owe? Am I sure that the cashier has the right conversion factor? Do I even know of the conversion factor? Oh yeah, there's 1 000 grams in a kilogram. That's easy.
I'm looking at European chocolate. It's labeled as 10.8oz. The shelf label helpfully gives me the price per pound. How do I compare it to the mighty Hershey's 1/2-pounder that's listed on someone else's shelf whith a per-ounce price?	I'm looking at European chocolate. It's labeled as 306 g. The shelf label helpfully gives me the price per kg. How do I compare it to the mighty Hershey's Quarter-Kilo bar that's listed on someone else's shelf whith a per-gram price?