We do, everything that matters is metric but societal change is hard. We can’t even get boomers to vote for the party that DOESNT want to take away their social security. How can we get them to use liters after a lifetime of gallons?
Because this title is kind of BS. The imperial system measurements are not based on the metric system, in the mid 20th century the inch was redefined as being 25.4mm. Because the world was in the process of standardizing measurements and people didn’t want to give up imperial units, so an accurate reference point was established. The undstandardized imperial measuring system was around long before the metric system was developed.
That was my comprehension as well, it just seemed highly impractical to define a completely unique system (in this case imperial) while there is a largely used alternative (metric).
Both systems coexisting makes much more sense.
Then why just not use metrics directly?
Probably because the current system works for them, and changing it would cost political capita that could be used elsewhere.
So they can charge people twice as much for mechanics tools. 😁
We do, everything that matters is metric but societal change is hard. We can’t even get boomers to vote for the party that DOESNT want to take away their social security. How can we get them to use liters after a lifetime of gallons?
Because this title is kind of BS. The imperial system measurements are not based on the metric system, in the mid 20th century the inch was redefined as being 25.4mm. Because the world was in the process of standardizing measurements and people didn’t want to give up imperial units, so an accurate reference point was established. The undstandardized imperial measuring system was around long before the metric system was developed.
That was my comprehension as well, it just seemed highly impractical to define a completely unique system (in this case imperial) while there is a largely used alternative (metric). Both systems coexisting makes much more sense.