"raymond" > wrote:
> You meant that in jest, but there is a move afoot to convert gas pumps
> to liters. 1 gal = 3.7854 liters
>
> I understand it is being pushed by someone named Ancel Condray (sp?)
> who is a big wheel at Exxon/Mobil. I didn't bother to look him up.
>
> $4.00 gal = $1.06 a liter. Sounds much better, no?

A dollar does sound a lot better even if it doesn't mean much! ;-)

It's kind of sad that we aren't metric already. I remember the big controversy
about 30 years ago, the last time changeover was taken seriously. So many people
insisted it was too hard. So here we are 30 years later, and the USA is one of
only 3 countries in the world still not using metric. The other two are Liberia
and Burma. That's great company to keep.

A couple of years ago I had a conversation with two of my nieces. They said why
change to metric, it's too hard. They had to deal with it in science classes in
high school. I told them if we had bitten the bullet 30 years ago (well before
they were born), they would be using metric and it would be a non-issue for
them.

It's funny that in spite of the public's stubborn resistance, a vast number of
things are in metric and have been for quite a long time. Global trade does that
kind of thing.

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