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ingemann
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« on: December 07, 2013, 03:15:09 PM »

Yes, absolutely. I'd put temperature on the very back burner, as that is the most nonsensical metric measurement and probably the hardest to push on the general public. We're basically stuck at this point. We've already adopted many metric volume measurements. I think transition requires dual-measurements for some time before full adoption takes place. That'd require a change in law, as the Republican Congress in 1995 made sure that the federal government cannot mandate metric signs on US highways. In terms of food products, I think transition would be pretty easy, as metric measurements are already on everything.

Good point while Celcius make more sense than Fahrenheit (thanks to the Celcius connection to Kelvin), it only make marginal more sense, so a shift are not worth it.
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