Re: [Phys-l] Will the US ever switch to the metric system?

["Rauber, Joel" <Joel.Rauber@SDSTATE.EDU>]

I may be mis-remembering things; but isn't it true that technically the US is metric?  I think since something like 1976; I think the problem is related to the below that there was no (or it was repealed) inforcement legislation.

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> bounces@carnot.physics.buffalo.edu] On Behalf Of Arlyn DeBruyckere
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> There was a federal law back in the 1970s that required a change over to
> all metric but this actor got elected president in the 1980s who didn't
> understand this silly metric stuff and the law was repealed. In the
> current political climate I wouldn't hold out much hope for this kind of
> change.
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