While these three countries continue to use the imperial system, both Liberia and Myanmar are gradually introducing metric units, which are already widely used in some contexts. In the United ...

Has anyone got any genuine reasons why imperial is better than metric, I asked. I got more than 2,000 replies . ... Why the metric system is objectively better than imperial measurements.

Since 2000, EU rules required Britain to give the metric system priority over the old Imperial system — although both types of measurements are still permitted.

Most of the world uses the metric system (kilograms, litres, metres etc) whereas a few places - the US, Myanmar and Liberia - still cling onto the old imperial system (fluid ounces, gallons, feet ...

More than $1B, and fifteen years of slow conversion. From 1970 to 1985, every sector in Canada converted to the metric system. The changes ranged from schools, to industry, to the arts.

A plan to expand the use of imperial measures has been abandoned. The decision means that most goods will be sold by law using the metric system, apart from exceptions like pints of beer and milk.

The U.S. measurement system of choice has been the imperial system since the 1800s, and switching now would be pretty expensive.

When we saw a ‘We the People’ petition to the White House to make the US move to the metric system, we listed very sensible reasons why the US should listen: The imperial system is archaic ...

Most countries use the metric system, including the UK, the USA, Australia, Canada, France, and Spain, to name a few. The metric system uses a decimal system, with units based on the power of 10.