Practical Ways to Go Metric
There are more Americans than you might think who want to see our great country go metric. We support the metric system because it's practical and efficient while imperial units are inefficient and hinder American economic competitiveness. Support metrication for more high paying American jobs.
The ship sailed many years ago for the U.S. to metricate quickly from the top down the way Australia did in the 1970s. The best way to shift to metric is simply to use metric yourself. It starts with you.
For common everyday usage, you don't need to "learn" metric — just use it.
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Your Personal Metrication Checklist
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Set your mobile device to metric
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Set the display in your car to Celsius (°C)
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Set your home thermostat to Celsius (°C)
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Set your refrigerator to Celsius (°C)
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Buy a metric only tape measure
Buy a kitchen scale that displays grams (g)
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Set your bathroom scale to kilograms (kg)
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Click "Helpful" for a review of a good metric product
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Leave a 5 star review for a good metric product
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Follow a metric recipe to prepare a dish
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Complete a DIY project using only metric
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Up vote a video on social media that uses only metric
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Purchase a product for its better metric labeling
Convert a family recipe to metric and share
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Use metric units in a social media comment
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Post a product review showing a metric reference
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Star the think-metric project on GitHub
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Join r/ThinkMetric on Reddit
Metric Poetry
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