Why isn't the U.S.A on the Metric System? Only the U.S.A, Liberia, and Myanmar (Burma) are not using the Metric System.

American companies are competing against international interests. More and more, foreign customers buying U.S. products required that they be delivered, labeled and produced in metric units (Metric System). And when American companies build new factories in Europe, Asia, Africa, Latin America etc., they are faced with the challenge of standardizing to U.S. measurements (Metric System). This translates to enormous financial consequences. Changing to Metric System is possible and needed. For example, the pharmaceutical industry went metric, which means its products display only metric units. It is ironic that we still use the British Imperial System when the British themselves converted to Metric System long ago. It is time for us to change and follow the world's standards for once!