• Deckname@discuss.tchncs.de
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    3
    ·
    14 hours ago

    Are there any? E.g. here in Germany we use kcal instead of kJ for food energy density. Also horsepower is used instead of W for engines. But for the most part we use only metric.

    I’m wondering if there are countries where they completely conform to the metric system.

    • ryedaft@sh.itjust.works
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      4
      ·
      12 hours ago

      At least when you use calories and kilocalories you don’t have to multiply by 12 or 3 or 5820 when you want to compare a big and a small number.

      Of all the terrible non-metric things Americans use the Fahrenheit is the most defensible. It’s just idiotic when the rest of the world uses metric.