Should America convert to the metric system? (climate, warm, degree)
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[If Brits can still drive on the wrong side of the street, mph and fahrenheit are fine for us.]
Ha. I like this reasoning. It plainly illustrates why the U.S. shouldn't have to switch just to please the rest of the world. If getting everybody in the world on the same page is the goal then cases of differences such as this in the world should also have to be made more uniform and every country in the world should drive the same way on streets as well. Since most of the world already does drive on the same side we do then perhaps the U.S. might have a chance to save this way it does things.
Keep it the way it is. In my book, anything that honks off the UN is a good thing for the US to do.
Anyway, fahrenheit is way more accurately descriptive for weather.
[If Brits can still drive on the wrong side of the street, mph and fahrenheit are fine for us.]
We drive on the left because there is no reason to drive on the right - we are not located on the European continent. Most countries used to drive on the left, but once one country changed, the others followed - it makes sense. Can you imagine now annoying it would be having to change sides crossing from Germany to France or from Sweden to Finland?
Driving on the left originated from Roman times when they would march on the left (keeping their sword hand free). Driving on the left is also safer, technically, as most humans are right-eye-dominant, and so have a better view of oncoming traffic, with the dominant hand on the wheel during gear changes.
We could just use and/or teach both. There's nothing really wrong with the system we use now so why bother with the expense and confusion of changing it. It was already tried once back in the late 70s and early 80s and failed miserably. And contrary to popular belief, we inherited our imperial system from England when America was just 13 colonies.
Canada measures wind in km/h as do many other countries.
m/s is a Nordic thing I believe. Sweden has "mil" = 10 km
m/s a Nordic thing? No, it' isn't.
Both m/s and km/h are fine (they are used for different things, of course).
If you want to measure wind speed knots (nautical miles per hour) are an option as well.
I've become fluent in Fahrenheit, feet, pounds, inches etc to understand half of what's on the internet but it's backward and convoluted. We're not in the middle ages anymore. Only three countries in the world officially use imperial units, I think USA is one of them due to their "because we can" attitude.
Metric is superior because it's based on the same number our numeric system is and because everyone uses it.
I nominate stone as the most ridiculous unit of all, especially if people state their weight in it. Gain or lose 1 stone or 6,35 kg and you look like a different person. It's not nearly accurate enough.
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