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Originally Posted by Aardvark
Besoeker,
I am aware that Pascals, or more accurately Hectopascals, equate to millibars, but if we are opposed to using the euro surely we should prefer UK units over French ones. We could have used inches of mercury like the Americans do (I was in error in my first post as I forgot that inches of mercury is used the other side of the Atlantic). :roll:
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Point taken.
101325 Pa is the same as 1013.25 mB is what I said.
So yes, I agree - Hectopascals.
Mostly I use SI for calculations in my field. I have done so for 40 some years. I can use Imperial but SI greatly simplifies many calculations.
As a quick example for power:
Imperial 1 hp = 33000ft-lb/minute or 550 ft-lb/s
SI 1Watt = 1Nm/s
There was no EU when I started my career. I
think entry to the Common Market was on the agenda at the time - and as I recall Labour were vehemently opposed to it. EEC followed then it was EU.
I have been and still am strongly opposed to integration with the EU. I objected to the common market when my uncle, a farmer looking after our land, made as much out of subsidies for producing stuff we didn't need and could not have sold as he did in his job as a bourough surveyor.
I'd like to see a single good reason to continue to be part of the circus.
That said, metric has been around for about 200 years. And, for engineering, it is convenient. For me, in my professional capacity, it is the system of choice. CHOICE.
What I greatly object to is being REQUIRED to use SI units. If a market trader like Steve Thorburn and his customers want to sell and purchase bananas by the pound, those are the terms of the supply and purchase
their contract.
I have no idea why some collection of nutters could come up with the idea that declaring trading in Imperial units illegal in UK would be a "good move".
Stupidity doesn't have enough syllables.