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I was quite shocked for the following statement:
The near-worldwide adoption of the metric system as a tool of economy and everyday commerce was based to some extent on the lack of customary systems in many countries to adequately describe some concepts, or as a result of an attempt to standardise the many regional variations in the customary system.
I think it's a personal opinion with few basis. Maybe most cultures didn't have units for energy, voltage, or even pressure, but most basic concepts- those more difficult to change- were present on nearly all. So, they had length, weight, time, surface, capacity,... units, just as in the USA. So the reasons for the adoption must be others. International commerce sounds like a good one, or even scientific effort (but I don't dare to add it without research).
Inconexo (talk) 09:27, 23 December 2011 (UTC)