Posted by John B. on December 19, 2008 at 17:45:15 from (38.114.64.195):
I think the metric system would be much easier to learn if we just switched to it. For example we all learned pretty quick what a 2-Liter bottle of soda is. Don't give me a quart of oil and then print on it telling me it's 0.946 of a liter when you never taught me what a liter is. When I was taught measurments in school years ago they said this is an "inch" 12 of these equal a foot and 3 feet equal a yard and so on. You get the picture. They didn't compare these measurements to other fractional or portions of measurements. They say it would be too expensive to change to metric such as all the hi-way signs, but from what I've noticed a lot of them are printed in both metric and standard such as 100 miles or 62 kilometers till you get to where you need to be. The hardest part of the metric system is judging distance in my opinion. They way I feel about the metric system is to just switch and don't compare the two systems that's where you'll get confused comparing yards to meters etc. As for the cost of switching just do it and stop spending the money on printing owner manuals in 7 different languages.
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