# Metric System

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/metric-system/646972>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [January 12, 2013, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/metric-system/646972 "2013-01-12T16:58:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Mr.Fantastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Mr.Fantastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Fantastic)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2013, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/metric-system/646972/1 "2013-01-12T16:58:55Z")

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For those living in the U.S., there is a petition to convert to the metric system if you’re interested.

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**Author:** ![dataguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/eada6e/32.png) [@dataguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dataguy)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2013, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/metric-system/646972/2 "2013-01-12T21:01:16Z")

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They’re gonna try this again? They tried this in 1975. Congress passed the Metric Conversion Act. We were supposed to transition to the metric system over the next 10 years. There was such a high degree of non-interest in the idea that they formally abandoned in in 1982. You can read about it [here](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metrication_in_the_United_States).

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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2013, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/metric-system/646972/3 "2013-01-12T22:55:06Z")

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Recruiting signatories for petitions is against our[registration agreement:](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=650726)

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If anyone wants to start a discussion about the pros and cons of the metric system, or the reasons why it has never been adopted, probably GD or IMHO would be the appropriate forum, depending on how het up you are.

**twickster** , for the SDMB