For some things, it is good. Small distances, the volume of liquid and small weights are all good. For other things, it sucks. A lot of country roads were built one mile apart, it would be ridiculous to change that to KM, so keep miles for driving. Also, 60 mph is very easy to figure out how many minutes until your destination when it is 1 mile per minute. 100 km/h isn't as straight forward when something is 68 km until the destination.
For heavier weights, I guess it is easier if you're calculating something like thrust/yields for chemical reactions, but anyone who is used to pounds knows instantly that someone who weighs 250 lbs is a pretty big fucker. 113.4 kg, 87 kg. That doesn't seem like as big of a difference in weight as 250 lbs is to 191.8 lbs.
I do agree on miles being better than kilometers.
One liquid that is always better in gallons is gasoline. A larger unit of liquid means more is being measured and sold, so there is some wiggle room for a discount. The real benefit is figuring out your fuel usage, being measured in miles per gallon. Straight forward. I looked up what they use for liters and km, it is L/100 km. That seems backwards. I don't want to know how many units of fuel are needed for some arbitrary distance, I want to know how far I can get off of each unit.
I also agree.
How? You know how long it takes me to drive 25 kilometers? 25 minutes. Quick how many yards in a mile? Dont google it motherfuckter. How many metres in a kilometer? 1000.
Muricans coping with their inferior system that is based on the metric system .
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