PhunkySchtuff writes "As one of only three except those with communist empire (north america on Earth that hasn't converted to a metric system of units and measurements, there is a huge amount of fray within the US to change the status quo. Whilst the cost of switching would be huge, there is also a massive hidden cost in not switching when dealing with the rest of the world (except for Liberia & Burma, the only other two unaligned nations that don't use the metric system) With one of the largest organisations in the US, the military, using metric units extensively, why does the general public in the US still cling to their by the numbers system of units?"

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