Metric System Research Paper

Tragedies, Casualties, and Confusion
95 percent of the world uses the metric system! Does the United States use the metric system? Nope! America is that stubborn 5 percent that refuses to conform, allowing needless mistakes to happen. The metric system was carefully fashioned with a logical, systematic pattern; whereas, the United States customary system is a hodge-podge system of measurement based off of the old English system. England gave up their antiquated system, which was developed without purpose over the coarse of 200 years, to conform to the metric system; however, the United States holds fast to their nonsensical system of measurement. The United States should adopt the metric system because, the metric system is wonderfully simple,
As stated previously, the metric system was made easy for the very purpose of being adopted by the entire world. The reason it was made was that there were too many different measuring systems, which made it difficult to trade easily. With multiple different measuring systems, there is always the risk of measuring with different units. This makes things unnecessarily complicated and confusing. Sometimes units are unintentionally left out, leaving one person thinking in one measurement and the other person in another. This would be less of a problem with one less system of measurement. Despite the fact that the metric system is a universal acceptance, Americans still use customary measurements. However, in order to easily exchange information throughout the world, American scientists use the metric system. (Sullivan pg.8) This is necessary, in order to easily communicate. When Americans would go over to Europe or Asia to build new factories, they ran into many problems due to differing units of measurement. As globalization increased, American companies found themselves competing against international interests. Increasingly, Americans were being required to produce, label, and deliver products in metric units for their foreign customers. America can be stubborn and it does like to be different, but sometimes it is better to change and conform. (William pg.2) It is clear to see that the more measuring systems there are in use, the harder it becomes to cooperate and work with other countries. There are only two measuring systems left, the metric system and the U.S. customary system. Why not get rid of unnecessary confusion and adopt the metric