>This is why Canada switched to the metric system in 1976 along with the rest
>of the world.  9.4L per 100km

km/l makes a lot more sense, in that it's intuitive. Making l/100km
the SI unit is insane. Which is why, though I don't use nonmetric
units and haven't since ~1974, I still use mpg.

>makes a lot more since than 25MPG(US) or
>30MPG(IMP).  A kilometer is a kilometer - doesn't matter if you are on
>water, air or land.  Liters are always liters, doesn't matter if it is the
>original imperial gallon or the skimpy US gallon.  It's too bad that your
>civilian population won't follow the lead that your military has taken for
>*years* and switch to the SI system... the USA is the only country in the
>world that hasn't officially adopted the SI system.

Er... England...

Miles, furlongs, chains... yuck!