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<blockquote data-quote="jdavis" data-source="post: 665849" data-attributes="member: 8704"><p>I think something that is being missed here is that most Americans don't want to change systems, they don't care about this at all and it would just be a annoyance. Yes the metric system is scientific and easier to adjust from units to units, but America already tried to change to the metric system and it just didn't happen. The system we use is good enough and nobody wants to change. I have nothing against it at all but I work with metric units more than most (in engineering and factory work). They have been trying to change things over for almost 30 years now and haven't made any progress at all. I was taught in school that the metric system was the future (in the 70's) I have yet to see anything even vaguely resembling the metric system in America now. Americans just don't care, they don't have any problems with the imperial system, it works fine for everyday use and has worked fine for hundreds of years. There will never be a painless change, matter of fact I doubt there will ever be a change at all. I wish we would change over but I am so far in the minority on this issue that it doesn't matter. The metric system is so foriegn to most Americans that it might as well be a foriegn language.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="jdavis, post: 665849, member: 8704"] I think something that is being missed here is that most Americans don't want to change systems, they don't care about this at all and it would just be a annoyance. Yes the metric system is scientific and easier to adjust from units to units, but America already tried to change to the metric system and it just didn't happen. The system we use is good enough and nobody wants to change. I have nothing against it at all but I work with metric units more than most (in engineering and factory work). They have been trying to change things over for almost 30 years now and haven't made any progress at all. I was taught in school that the metric system was the future (in the 70's) I have yet to see anything even vaguely resembling the metric system in America now. Americans just don't care, they don't have any problems with the imperial system, it works fine for everyday use and has worked fine for hundreds of years. There will never be a painless change, matter of fact I doubt there will ever be a change at all. I wish we would change over but I am so far in the minority on this issue that it doesn't matter. The metric system is so foriegn to most Americans that it might as well be a foriegn language. [/QUOTE]

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