DickyP - notice I was not converting between imperial and metric - it was about conversion between units within one system or the other, not converting units between systems (which does cut both ways when one has to do it). The conversion argument as shown still stands, and so is not sophistry. Thanks for the exemplar you provided.
My personal preference is to work in metric units. The force of law is a matter of the laws applicable within a jurisdiction and have no weight except that of legal authority.
The position of the US in not adopting the metric system for everyday use I suspect has an ongoing hidden cost - in education, in trade, science, engineering, ...
Perhaps the bullet should have been bitten a long while ago. We exist within an environment of our own making.
My personal preference is to work in metric units. The force of law is a matter of the laws applicable within a jurisdiction and have no weight except that of legal authority.
The position of the US in not adopting the metric system for everyday use I suspect has an ongoing hidden cost - in education, in trade, science, engineering, ...
Perhaps the bullet should have been bitten a long while ago. We exist within an environment of our own making.