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Will America Ever Go Metric?

Posted by Cliff on from the miles-vs-kilometers dept.

poixweryth asks: "Just reading an article pointed to by a recent story in which they refer to "an object bigger than 0.6 mile (1 kilometer) in diameter". This is obviously American journalism. What I want to know is this: is the American public ever going to convert to the metric system?"

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  1. I swear, these metric advocates-- by acceleriter · · Score: 5

    Give 'em 2.54 centimeters, they'll take 1.6 kilometers :>.

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