Editing Encyclopedia:Measurements Debate (section)

==Economy==
I read once that the EU is larger economically than the US, but that is by the by... [[Metrication]] is an ongoing process, which won't ever get any faster is projects like this don't nudge it along a little. This is an international project, and the SI system is the internationally recognized standard. I say we drag people kicking and screaming into the 20th century. -- [[User:Tarquin|Tarquin]]
:So what? North America is larger than Europe economically and California is larger than France in this regard as well. So that alone ''is not'' a good argument here. I do agree that we should err toward SI and metric though (see below). --[[User:Maveric149|mav]]
::The largest economy in the world is the world's entire economy. Most people in this economy use metric. So let's use metric. [[User:Ooooooooo|Ooooooooo]]
:::Since we're nitpicking, saying "North America is larger than Europe economically" doesn't help tilt the balance toward US/Imperial, since Mexico and Canada use the metric system... [[User:Blacklite|Blacklite]] 04:43, 4 Apr 2005 (UTC)
::::If it's my economy vs. yours, then, of course, the US vs. the rest of the World isn't much of a competition.  It's up to them to join the 21st century, though.  In the mean time, we can be nice to each other: give both.  [[User:Jimp|Jimp]] 9Jun05

For further reference, the US is larger econonomically than the EU. 

European Union purchasing power parity - $11.65 trillion (2004 est.)
[http://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ee.html]

United States purchasing power parity - $11.75 trillion (2004 est.) [http://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/us.html]
[[User:Jimbobsween|Jimbobsween]] 23:19, 18 July 2005 (UTC)

:Therefore the US is larger than the EU by a whopping 1%.  Now you've got to add the rest of the World into the picture.  The US may have the biggest economy of any ''nation'' but this is beside the point.  There is more to the World than the US and the EU.  It's the US verses pretty much everyone else.  [[User:Jimp|Jimp]] 6Sep05

::[[European Union|EU]] and [[USA]] have approximately the same size economy, and [[NAFTA]] and [[European Economic Area|EEA]] also have approximately the same size economy.  Whose penis, sorry, economy is larger depend mostly of the very volatile Euro/Dollar relationship.--[[User:Per Abrahamsen|Per Abrahamsen]] 08:02, 17 November 2005 (UTC)