Be honest with us, you've never in your life thought about switching back to the imperial system until it was recently mentioned. In other words it was a complete non-issue for you until someone made it an issue for you.

> There is no reason for the EU directive and it should be scrapped. The market can then decide what weights and measures are appropriate for their supply chain. That allows an increase in competition which is always a good idea.

Let's run with this idea. Perhaps the government should invest in the development of several new competing standards, all in the name of competition. Do you think this would be a good idea?