The US legacy imperial system is inefficient and shouldn't be used

Organic MeasurementsMy opponent claims that a system which concerns itself with length measurements is myopic, and needs to also deal with things such as volume, surface, mass, etc. However, I disagree. Length is important because it is an everyday measurement. How many people, who aren't scientists, will ever measure something's mass? or need to measure current if they aren't an electrician? The point is many of the measurements my opponent claims are also needed in a system of measurements, most people will never use. So I ask you voters, what is more useful TO YOU? A measurement system built and centered around your everyday needs, making most things you will have to measure in your lifetime simple? Or a system built around science, and a measurement system that makes things easier for scientists? Let's take an every-day example such as cooking a meal. Why do we measuring things in tablespoons and teaspoons instead of base 10? Easy - because it's simpler and you have it on hand already. If you need 1/4 of a tablespoon, you take your tablespoon, dump it's contents onto a cutting board, and chop roughly a fourth of it with your knife. This is how home cooking operated for centuries. And which is why in the recipe you'll see below, Alyn Williams, who is known as one of the UK's top chefs, in fact uses imperial measurements for his recipes[1]. Fractional UnitsMy opponent claims that an inch is quite large compares to many engineering needs, which is do not dispute, but once again, that is a very specified occupation. As I said in my previous statement, imperial system is built out of everyday usage. The base 10 qualities of the metric system certainly come in handy when having to deal with large numbers. Which is why scientists have things like scientific notation which allows them to deal with these large figures more simply. However, most people will never need to deal with numbers that large or ever use scientific notation. So what good does it do to make everyone convert to a system built for scientists? What my opponent seems to miss is that most things in the real world aren't base 10. The calendar isn't built into 400 days comprised of 40 10 days-per-week periods. And a day isn't comprised me 1000 minutes. No, a year is 365.25 days. Even our most basic "measurement" system, the calendar, is made up of odd numbers and fractions! A year is 365 and 1/4 days, which is why we need leap years. Likewise, a day is comprised of 24 hours comprised of 60 minutes per hour, comprised of 60 seconds per minute.My opponent's claims that fractions are inefficient ignore the intrinsic quality they have in the real world. When time and the calendar are converted to metric units, then my opponent can claim they have real-world value. Also, my opponent's claims that decimals are no harder than fractions, however, I disagree. Using the number's my opponent provided himself, I'd like to continue the operation. I agree, dividing 1/16 by 2 to get 1/32 is no harder than dividing .06 by 2 to get .03, but what if we kept dividing? I'm sure most people can multiply by 2, getting 1/64, 1/128, 1/256, etc. But it is not so "intrinsic" to keep diving .03, .015, then what? Decimal answers are much less easy to deal with than fractions. Additionally, in the math world, fractions are preferred because they are exact answers while decimals are just estimates and approximations! So to insist that fractions are somehow more "messy" than decimals is simply outrageous!Not adapted to the "modern world"This is by far the most unfounded point my opponent has made thus far. For this to be true would infer that the way we measure things have changed - which they have not. In actuality, the imperial system is MORE adapted to the real world, because it gets rid of measurements once they are no longer useful, which is why we no longer measure by things such as the "hogshead"[2]. Again, a tablespoon is still a tablespoon and an inch is still an inch. And again, something "measuring electrical output" isn't something most people will find useful! Unlike my opponent, I am not arguing against the metric system. I think it has it's place in usefulness - in the world of science. However, in the everyday world, the everyday measurements that the imperial system was founded upon have more usefulness. I'm sure as you're cooking breakfast, you'd much rather pour your battered eggs into a standard cup (which you didn't have to buy because it's something you already own- again, an intrinsic measurement), instead of having to pour it into a graduated cylinder (which you probably had to go buy unless you're a scientist) to get the decimals right.It's confusingMy opponent's last claim was that it is confusing because there are two "pounds", and you might be scammed because of it. Admittedly, this is something that I did not know, and I thank my opponent for the useful information. However, what my opponent seems to overlook is that the same thing can be said about the metric system! Example - say you'll be starting school in the fall, and need a new flash drive to store your documents. The guy at the store is willing to offer you a 1 gigabyte flash drive for $6. Sounds like a good deal, right? Wrong. $6 is the going price for an actual gigabyte, which is 1,073,741,824 bytes. What he is selling you is an imperial gigabyte, which is 1,000,000,000 bytes. So in actuality, you are getting 73,741,824 less bytes for the same price! My opponent claims that the imperial system is confusing while overlooking the fact that the metric system is just as confusing!ConclusionMy opponent's claims that the imperial system is inefficient are unfounded, and simply, untrue. Let's be honest here, voters. The metric system is "clean", which is why it's used in science, but is has no place in the real world. If we were measuring carpet for the house, my opponent would have you believe that the metric system is better, but I ask you this. What is you need to divide by thirds, or fourths? Base 10 of the metric system only works when diving by 2, 5, or 10, because that's all you can divide 10 by. But takes something like the "12" inches that are in a foot. 12 can be divided by 2, 3, 4, 6, and 12, therefore it has many more uses. I ask that you really take a look at the "inefficiencies" that my opponent has brought up and see which of those measurements you have ever used before, outside of the classroom. I ask that you vote con and against the motion put forward thus far.[1]http://www.bbc.co.uk...[2]http://en.wikipedia.org...