The metric system was devised to provide a uniform standard of measurement worldwide. It is based on the decimal system rather than fractions. The International System of Units, established by the Treaty of Meter (1875), provides the base units of the metric system. The United States is a charter member of this international organization having signed the treaty in 1875. Why, then, is the US the only major industrialized nation to not have adopted the metric system?

Because of the conversion process!

Quick – How many liters in a gallon?

3.78 L

How many people do you know have an aversion to math? Really, it’s not a math problem. It’s a paradigm shift; one that we should jump at. For instance, wouldn’t you rather say:

• I weigh 68kg.
• I ran 10km before breakfast.
• I was doing 100km/hour the whole way here.

Let’s face it, most average Americans will have no clue how much you weigh, how far you ran, or how fast you were going. You see, it’s not a math problem at all. Money is a case in point. It’s already metric. And nobody likes fractions anyway. Don’t do the math. Change the way you think. In reality, doing the math is harder than changing how you quantify speed, volume, weight, and distance.

Top 10 reasons we should convert to the Metric System by Paul Cox:

• 10. People will finally understand my joke about driving attoparsecs per nanocenturies.
• 9. Gas will seem cheaper at 50 cents a liter.
• 8. Being 22 kilos overweight does not sound as bad as 50 lbs.
• 7. Defense will be easier if the offense has to drive 10 meters for a first down.
• 6. Arizona summers will not seem as bad when its only 40 degrees outside.
• 5. Its not “metric”, its “Digital”!
• 4. Imagine all the exciting math you will do converting your favorite recipes to milliliters.
• 3. Less fractions to deal with like, “Do I need a five eighths socket or a nine sixteenths to loosen this nut?”
• 2. The boy band 98° will not be as popular calling themselves 36.7°.
• 1. Half a liter is more than a pint, which means, MORE BEER FOR EVERYBODY!