As far as the actual metric system goes, why should we switch? Both our system, and the metric system, as far as many parts of them go, are base ten systems so there really sin't that much difference. The main differences come in when you get into things like volume and area measurements, etc. Think about this, how many farmers on here can tell you exactly how many acres they have, but they don't have a clue how many hectares they have. To do a full changeover would mean that eventyally EVERYTHING would have to be changed. Properties would have to be resurveyed to insure the area was given in the correct form, package containers changed to handle the 'new' amounts, etc, etc. In other words asking us to do a full changeover would be no more different than asking the countries that currently use only the metric system to change everthing they are doing. Thing is they are no more ready to do that than this country is to make a complete change over....Further why should the US, a world power, change out our system to match theirs, why can't they change theirs to match ours????? Personally I learned our system, and have absolutely no problem using it, and, over the years, have had to learn parts of the metric system simply due to the influx of goods from other countries using it.
In the end the US has bent over backwards to try making the rest of the world happy with us. When we were a super power, we pretty much set the standard wether the rest of the world wanted to follow or not. Now that our governmental policies, our environmental policies, our unions, and the general GIMME attitude of so much of the population has killed that position, that's all changed. Now we're expected to simply accept intrusion on our rights, values, language, and it seems even our system of measure, by other countries and simply learn to like it. Personally I do not like it, and as George stated below, IF I want to actually learn metric I'll move to a oountry that uses it......
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