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Title: 1984 Update On Metrication
Author: Thomas E. Donoho
Source: American Gas Association 1984
Year Published: 1984
Abstract: A quiet resurgence of activity towards metric conversion in the United Stales seems to be underway. With the driving force appearing to have shifted from the private sector to the Federal Government, impact on the member companies of the American Gas Association should be felt sooner and more strongly than predicted just several years ago. An awareness of metrication activities is essential to permit problems to be avoided and opportunities to be seized. While metric activity was already being pursued in many segments of the United States, it was not until passage of the Metric Conversion Act of 1975 that American interest in metrication became truly widespread. This new interest covered a broad range, from those businesses whose international trade made metrication almost essential to them, to those people who firmly believed that adoption of foreign standards of measurement would be subversive and must be resisted. In between were those who adopted a defensive watch-dog posture and those who began monitoring to ensure that Ihey did not miss any opportunities that arose from a conversion that most see as inevitable.

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