Why Does the U.S. Use Fahrenheit Instead of Celsius?

[anynameyouwish]

The Fahrenheit scale was devised by German scientist Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit in 1724 and, in 1742, a Swedish astronomer named Andres Celsius came up with a less unwieldy system based on multiples of 10, which is the system used today in most of the world. PIXABAY

Why Does the U.S. Use Fahrenheit Instead of Celsius?

is the answer: "because evil liberals are trying to destroy our country"?

that seems to be the answer for every other conservative lunacy

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

You should, for your own education and to stop using that old wive's tale.

I never actually believed it.

I think I'll go read the back of my coffee maker now.

Great idea, but I don't think it has a mattress tag.

 

[Frannie]

They are in French because that is where the product is probably also sold.

Would you ever answer someone that your height is 165mm?

I pronounce "Target" as "Tar-jay" because it sounds like a high-class French store.

I thought it might be something to do with French Canada.

I've heard about the Tar-Jay thing.

Almost every product I buy has directions, assembly, etc. written in Spanish and/or French.

How about Jacques Say Pa-nay?

Spanish I get.

But French?

Canada is close by.

Many people in Canada don't speak a word of English. When Celine Dion first hit it big many years ago she was singing in English and did not understand a word. The Canadian military has a self-inflicted problem in that some of their troops do not even speak the same language.

LOL and the American military has acting destroyer captains that know that Oxygen is flammable and that believe that Blackhawk helicopters are made of tissue paper like material.

PS The destroyer captain also does not understand the reason for the watch rules for anchored ships. But then that is the real captains responsibility not the acting cooks.

PSS. Instructions also come in Chinese Japanese Indian Swedish and others because it is easier to print one book and not be concerned as to where the product ships.

But the Admiral knew that

Not

 

[westwall]

The Fahrenheit scale was devised by German scientist Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit in 1724 and, in 1742, a Swedish astronomer named Andres Celsius came up with a less unwieldy system based on multiples of 10, which is the system used today in most of the world. PIXABAY

Why Does the U.S. Use Fahrenheit Instead of Celsius?

For one thing, it is more accurate.

 

[Frannie]

That's one of the biggest misconceptions out there. Read the tag! It say that it is illegal to tear off the tags unless you are the consumer.

I never actually read one.

You should, for your own education and to stop using that old wive's tale.

Tell us the old wives tale

 

[Frannie]

The Fahrenheit scale was devised by German scientist Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit in 1724 and, in 1742, a Swedish astronomer named Andres Celsius came up with a less unwieldy system based on multiples of 10, which is the system used today in most of the world. PIXABAY

Why Does the U.S. Use Fahrenheit Instead of Celsius?

For one thing, it is more accurate.

Why

 

[Frannie]

The Fahrenheit scale was devised by German scientist Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit in 1724 and, in 1742, a Swedish astronomer named Andres Celsius came up with a less unwieldy system based on multiples of 10, which is the system used today in most of the world. PIXABAY

Why Does the U.S. Use Fahrenheit Instead of Celsius?

is the answer: "because evil liberals are trying to destroy our country"?

that seems to be the answer for every other conservative lunacy

Explain how much money you have that you can pay for Mexicans healthcare

 

[Oddball]

 

[westwall]

The Fahrenheit scale was devised by German scientist Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit in 1724 and, in 1742, a Swedish astronomer named Andres Celsius came up with a less unwieldy system based on multiples of 10, which is the system used today in most of the world. PIXABAY

Why Does the U.S. Use Fahrenheit Instead of Celsius?

For one thing, it is more accurate.

Why

Why what? Fahrenheit is far more precise.

Duh.

 

[alang1216]

The Celsius scale is too large as each is equivalent to 1.8 degrees Farenheit.

Liters are too small, as are kilometers and kilograms. Think about filling up your car and it taking 80 liters. Distances work better than kilometers. Everyone would love to weigh 75 kilos but the range is too wide. .

Liquid measure are

Get a grip Goldilocks. The Celsius scale is too large (can you tell the difference between 69 and 71 degrees Farenheit) and liters are too small (they're approximately a quart). Meters are about a yard. It would probably take the US only a week to get used to a new system.

 

[westwall]

The Celsius scale is too large as each is equivalent to 1.8 degrees Farenheit.

Liters are too small, as are kilometers and kilograms. Think about filling up your car and it taking 80 liters. Distances work better than kilometers. Everyone would love to weigh 75 kilos but the range is too wide. .

Liquid measure are

Get a grip Goldilocks. The Celsius scale is too large (can you tell the difference between 69 and 71 degrees Farenheit) and liters are too small (they're approximately a quart). Meters are about a yard. It would probably take the US only a week to get used to a new system.

Each degree of Celsius is approximately 2.12 degrees Fahrenheit. Thus, it is not as precise a measurement as Fahrenheit.

In science accuracy is everything. That's why the hard sciences will continue to use Kelvin and Fahrenheit

 

[Frannie]

The Fahrenheit scale was devised by German scientist Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit in 1724 and, in 1742, a Swedish astronomer named Andres Celsius came up with a less unwieldy system based on multiples of 10, which is the system used today in most of the world. PIXABAY

Why Does the U.S. Use Fahrenheit Instead of Celsius?

For one thing, it is more accurate.

Why

Why what? Fahrenheit is far more precise.

Duh.

Describe how F is more precise than C

LOL you can't

super duh

 

[Frannie]

The Celsius scale is too large as each is equivalent to 1.8 degrees Farenheit.

Liters are too small, as are kilometers and kilograms. Think about filling up your car and it taking 80 liters. Distances work better than kilometers. Everyone would love to weigh 75 kilos but the range is too wide. .

Liquid measure are

Get a grip Goldilocks. The Celsius scale is too large (can you tell the difference between 69 and 71 degrees Farenheit) and liters are too small (they're approximately a quart). Meters are about a yard. It would probably take the US only a week to get used to a new system.

Each degree of Celsius is approximately 2.12 degrees Fahrenheit. Thus, it is not as precise a measurement as Fahrenheit.

In science accuracy is everything. That's why the hard sciences will continue to use Kelvin and Fahrenheit

what is hard science

Most science uses Celsius or Kelvin when needed. They use C so info can be shipped and compared worldwide without conversion

 

[Dont Taz Me Bro]

Why Does the U.S. Use Fahrenheit Instead of Celsius?

Why do we still use the Imperial measurement system instead of Metric?

Answer: Americans are too stupid to handle the transition.

 

[Frannie]

Why Does the U.S. Use Fahrenheit Instead of Celsius?

Why do we still use the Imperial measurement system instead of Metric?

Answer: Americans are too stupid to handle the transition.

The world has one superpower, why should a superpower bow down to inferiors and their token system

 

[Mindful]

Why Does the U.S. Use Fahrenheit Instead of Celsius?

Why do we still use the Imperial measurement system instead of Metric?

Answer: Americans are too stupid to handle the transition.

I never noticed.

 

[alang1216]

The Celsius scale is too large as each is equivalent to 1.8 degrees Farenheit.

Liters are too small, as are kilometers and kilograms. Think about filling up your car and it taking 80 liters. Distances work better than kilometers. Everyone would love to weigh 75 kilos but the range is too wide. .

Liquid measure are

Get a grip Goldilocks. The Celsius scale is too large (can you tell the difference between 69 and 71 degrees Farenheit) and liters are too small (they're approximately a quart). Meters are about a yard. It would probably take the US only a week to get used to a new system.

Each degree of Celsius is approximately 2.12 degrees Fahrenheit. Thus, it is not as precise a measurement as Fahrenheit.

In science accuracy is everything. That's why the hard sciences will continue to use Kelvin and Fahrenheit

Celsius scale is too large (can you tell the difference between 69 and 71 degrees Farenheit) and liters are too small (they're approximately a quart). Meters are about a yard. It would probably take the US only a week to get used to a new system.[/QUOTE]
Each degree of Celsius is approximately 2.12 degrees Fahrenheit. Thus, it is not as precise a measurement as Fahrenheit.

In science accuracy is everything. That's why the hard sciences will continue to use Kelvin and Fahrenheit[/QUOTE]
That is silly, hopefully you are being funny. There are as many decimal points in Celsius as there are in Kelvin and Fahrenheit.

 

[Hellbilly]

The Fahrenheit scale was devised by German scientist Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit in 1724 and, in 1742, a Swedish astronomer named Andres Celsius came up with a less unwieldy system based on multiples of 10, which is the system used today in most of the world. PIXABAY

Why Does the U.S. Use Fahrenheit Instead of Celsius?

Its too complicated for Republicans to understand.


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[MAGAman]

For one thing, it is more accurate.

That's why we have decimals.

 

[fncceo]

^If you're an American and you've ever had a conversation with someone from another country about the weather, you've probably been a little confused when he or she says that the afternoon temperature is a nice 21 degrees. To you, that might sound like a chilly winter day, but to them, it's a pleasantly warm springtime temperature.

That's because virtually every other country in the rest of the world uses the Celsius temperature scale, part of the metric system, which denotes the temperature at which water freezes as 0 degrees, and the temperature at which it boils as 100 degrees. But the U.S. and a few other holdouts – the Cayman Islands, the Bahamas, Belize and Palau – cling to the Fahrenheit scale, in which water freezes at 32 degrees and boils at 212 degrees. That means that the 21 degrees C temperature that we previously mentioned is the equivalent of a balmy 70 degrees F in the U.S.

The persistence of Fahrenheit is one of those puzzling American idiosyncrasies, the equivalent of how the U.S. uses the word soccer to describe what the rest of the planet calls football. So why is it that the U.S. uses a different temperature scale, and why doesn't it switch to be consistent with the rest of the world? There doesn't seem to be a logical answer, except perhaps inertia. Americans generally loathe the metric system – this 2015 poll found that just 21 percent of the public favored converting to metric measures, while 64 percent were opposed.

The Celsius scale is too large as each is equivalent to 1.8 degrees Farenheit.

Liters are too small, as are kilometers and kilograms. Think about filling up your car and it taking 80 liters. Distances work better than kilometers. Everyone would love to weigh 75 kilos but the range is too wide. .

Liquid measure are

OTOH, you do have metric. I've noticed in Target, for instance, the bedding is also listed in metres and centimetres.

And in French!

That must be why it's illegal to tear off the tags.

That's one of the biggest misconceptions out there. Read the tag! It say that it is illegal to tear off the tags unless you are the consumer.

It's a joke.