One of my new year resolutions was the complete adoption of the metric system. In a global economy, there is absolutely no good reason to keep using the outmoded, and frankly very confusing, imperial system. Inches, pounds and gallons, what the hell kind of units are these? And how many combine to make a mile or a ton? The math involved in maintaining this inelegant system is overly complex, particularly when a better system is available in every country except for three. You want to know why no other country is interested in buying products from the United States? Because you have to buy a whole new set of tools to go along with it! I find it personally amusing to hear motorheads chatting up their engines using units of elizabethan measurement, but as a practical matter, its long past time to give it up and join the rest of the world.
Moral: Get with the fucking program America.
