Would it be difficult to convert the US to the metric system?

Every American who needs to use the metric system already can do it so it's really irrelevant. I feel the ... Getting Americans to officially change will be difficult. ... read more

It wouldn't be as hard as you might expect. The metric system makes sense. Based on 10's, its the terminology that would be tough. Getting people to think in terms of centimeters, meters and kilometers would be taxing but is possible. read more

Indeed, the U.S. is the only industrialized nation that has yet to widely convert to the metric system. In fact our refusal to convert our own measurements dates back to the very creation of the country. read more