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> Because its not 1800 anymore I don't think that's it - the Commonwealth countries only really started in the mid 20th century. Yes, the conversion isn't com
by SketchySeaBeast 4y ago
> Because its not 1800 anymore
I don't think that's it - the Commonwealth countries only really started in the mid 20th century. Yes, the conversion isn't complete or stalled, but it has at least partially occurred.
- vel0city 4y ago> the Commonwealth countries Mostly non-European countries > only really started in the mid 20th century. Yes, the conversion isn't complete or stalled So once again, after the 1800s migrating to purely metric units everywhere became quite a challenge. One could argue the switch to metric at least partially occurred in the US. My Nutrition Facts label here has grams and Calories. The medicine in my medicine cabinet is in grams and milliliters. My car has a 3L engine in it. I buy bottled beverages in 2L bottles. Over half the tools in my tool chest have measurements in millimeters, with most of the bolts and screws on my vehicles in millimeters. My backpack water bladder is 2L in size. My car's speedo does list the speed in km/h as well as mph. I use metric seconds, hertz, watts, amps, volts, etc.
- anticensor 4y agoImperial units of electricity has never existed in the first place. And time is really traditional units, adopted by the metric system. Megaseconds could have been a good measure to be honest.