Both: Currently in the grocery store you will see items in both conversions such as apple juice, 64oz/1.89liters, wine bottles are in liters and ounces, and cereal boxes have metric and standard measures on them. Why is the government interested in changing to the metric system? The government is interested in changing to the metric system because it would make commerce and communication easier with the world community. For instance, US companies will be able to streamline their operations because they won't have to supply both measurement systems on their products that are destined for local, domestic and foreign consumers. Their products would be able to be manufactured to the same metric specifications and the overlapping measurement systems would be eliminated. (Source: What would your plan be to convert the United States to the metric system? I would start in the elementary schools indoctrinating young students to think exclusively in metric measurements. There is already a movement in American society toward the metric system. For example, all packaged products in the grocery store are labeled in metric and standard
Both: Currently in the grocery store you will see items in both conversions such as apple juice, 64oz/1.89liters, wine bottles are in liters and ounces, and cereal boxes have metric and standard measures on them. Why is the government interested in changing to the metric system? The government is interested in changing to the metric system because it would make commerce and communication easier with the world community. For instance, US companies will be able to streamline their operations because they won't have to supply both measurement systems on their products that are destined for local, domestic and foreign consumers. Their products would be able to be manufactured to the same metric specifications and the overlapping measurement systems would be eliminated. (Source: What would your plan be to convert the United States to the metric system? I would start in the elementary schools indoctrinating young students to think exclusively in metric measurements. There is already a movement in American society toward the metric system. For example, all packaged products in the grocery store are labeled in metric and standard