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Lab official pushes swift switch to metric system
Earl Pearson, a meteorologist at Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, argues for a rapid national move to metrics. He says a dual approach wastes time and could delay transition, with Congress pushing for a spring law. Pearson envisions pilot projects at LLL, training from drawing to machines, and two conversion paths from soft to hard as people abandon inches and pounds.
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