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[-] don@lemm.ee 7 points 6 months ago

Again, who’s gonna pay for the conversion? Sure we could switch like the Aussies did, but no one wants to pay for new shit when the shit that already exists serves its purpose well enough.

Get the financing, and then come back.

[-] ronalicious@lemmy.world 13 points 6 months ago

just make all new things metric as the primary unit and US imperial as the secondary. eg. reverse the display on a speedometer

[-] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 10 points 6 months ago

Seconding that. Slow phase is the way - as the old shit breaks, replace it with metric. Not just for cost, but to ease folks into it.

[-] GiddyGap@lemm.ee 5 points 6 months ago

Just start doing it now and eventually things will have converted. It may take a while, but it will happen eventually if you do it consistently.

But there are too many contrarian Americans out there who'll take inconvenience over logic just because it "the American way" or "America is special." Have several of those people in my extended family.

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