Oh heck, tons of stuff. Music, art, most sciences, any history post-450AD, economics... it's a long list. I'm doing well in the debating comp mainly because my questions haven't been about pop culture.
You just let your fingers hit the keyboard didn't you? You had no idea what you were typing about.Just on driving on the left/right. I believe - the internet never lies - the US used to drive on the left as well. And so did many other countries. All goes back to the horse and cart and where the driver sat etc.
It kinda made sence a little bit as to why the US went to the right side. Although they do say that driving on the left is safer. Something to do with the right eye being the dominate in most people and relation to how you're situated in the vehicle.
That's what I read anyway.
Anyway, the imperial way sucks. The metric was is best. And the USA as usual have to be different.
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The bolded part not exactly true. Although it is the current that kills you, The current is determined by the Voltage. The higher the voltage the higher the current through a person. The current is also determined by a persons resistance - Ohms law I=V/R
My favourite is to have milli-days. this would replace hours and minutes (1000mD v 1440 mins) you would extend that by to two decimal places to replace seconds (100,000 intervals v 86,400 secs) so 12:00:00pm would look like this 500.00mD
Because it is too inbuilt into their society. I'm not just talking about "Ohhh you weigh this many pounds or kilos" or "Their football fields are this many yards or metres".
Think about the overall impact switching over would have on every aspect of their society and economy. Here is just a few examples:
1st - food and beverages would require re-labelling... no biggy.
2nd -They're not going to want to advertise items that aren't rounded nicely NN.NNN kgs of product X... or product Y that is MM.MMM cms wide by NN.NNN cms high.... so manufacturing plants will need to be adjusted to produce products of easier dimensions. Machines and coveyer belts built for imperial systems need to change for the metric system.... thus changing he dimensions required for this machine in the production plant.
3rd - A production plant now must remark Health & Safety zones in accordance with the new dimensions... so they spec it all out. After chaning everything the company realises they need to extend their production plant at extra cost.
4th - Company goes to build the extension but is informed the new building materials have now switch over to the metric system and can't be made to fit neatly to their existing production plant and adhere to buidling standards... so a new building (built to metric standards) will be required.
Now if the above doesn't sound tough/bad enough for private companies (who you might think can "take the hit")... then consider the home building industry:
- building a new home... needs to meet metric standards.
- renovating a new home... hmm I can only find metric sized supplies at Bunnings (Home Depot) to replace my imperial fittings.
* try applying that to a population of over 300 million.
When you consider the above and consider the benefits of changing to the metric system.... = too hard basket.
