Why did the United States never adopt the metric system and why do they still not use it to this day? Has it caused any susbstanial difference or confusion or benefit over the years?

by ipresnel
voyeur324

/u/RonPossible has previously answered What were the historic arguments for America confining itself to the Imperial system when the rest of the world used another? Surely this was bad for business during industrialization among other things?

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kl0

While you wait, I actually asked a similar question several years ago and /u/RonPossible provided a really thorough answer.

The question asked was "What were the historic arguments for America confining itself to the Imperial system when the rest of the world used another? Surely this was bad for business during industrialization among other things?"