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Re: question about the metric system
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lugnet.off-topic.geek
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Thu, 2 May 2002 22:36:30 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.geek, Fredrik Glöckner writes:
> Christopher Tracey <ctracey@enviroweb.org> writes:
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> > What do people who live in nations where the metric system is used call
> > mileage?
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> Mileage, as in miles per gallon?
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> We normally use litres per mile. That being metric miles. A metric
> mile is 10 km.
???
Are you sure about this? I never heard about metric miles - AFAIK, the
biggest metric measure is the km; but I may be wrong...
Or is this a "non-official" measure? ;-)
Pedro
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| (...) It is probably a non-official measure, then. It is common in the Scandinavian countries. Personally, I think that litres of petrol consumption per 10 km is a bad measure, as it always amounts to point something with modern cars. It would have (...) (25 years ago, 3-May-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| (...) Mileage, as in miles per gallon? We normally use litres per mile. That being metric miles. A metric mile is 10 km. Note that litres per 10 km is the inverse measure, compared with mileage. Fredrik (25 years ago, 2-May-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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