"What actually matters in the end is a common standard. And since America is the outlier, they are the ones who must conform." As someone who grew up under the

"What actually matters in the end is a common standard. And since America is the outlier, they are the ones who must conform." As someone who grew up under the Imperial/Fahrenheit system and had to live with both the Imperial System as well both Metric systems—the Gaussian/CGS and MKS (SI) Systems at school and operate/convert between them on a daily basis, I can attest that a lot of bunkum is talked by those Fahrenheit-ers who devise every conceivable device and contrivance to avoid biting the Metric bullet. It's rather pathetic really (it's a bit like climate science denial). Every student at my school who did science would overwhelmingly attest that the Metric System is better and much easier in every way. I cover this in considerable detail in the other HN story on Fahrenheit/Celsius titled Celsius Needs a Redesign here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28526183 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28526183 As I say there, the Metric System isn't perfect but it beats the antiquated US and Imperial systems hands down. [BTW, you'll find a link there to the Wiki Imperial site, therein you'll find an image of a 'one US gallon gas can purchased near the US-Canada border showing equivalences in imperial gallons and litres'. This typifies how confusing and problematic the US's stubbornness is. Eventually, it'll have to convert to Metric or it'll be out-competed by other countries.]