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Some fields such as astronomy, measure such large distances, that a scale base native to the system seems sensible. Hence the Astronomical Unit AU, and the Light Year. In most normal fields of endeavor the SI system offers sensible and well known measurement units, such as Metre, kilogram, Second, and so on of which 7 are considered fundamental. There is the associated group of 22 derived measures such as the Watt, Newton, Coulomb, and so on. You'll find a full list in your favourite on-line encyclopedia. In the United States, the metre has been a legal unit of measure for a long time; but local custom seems to prefer Fahrenheit over Celsius. Maybe it is a way of being distinct. The two main US political parties are so antagonistic to each other, that they would never agree to a change of the measurement base.

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