Volcanic Discrepancies火山的差异

Research into the Indonesian mud volcano that has displaced at least 11000 people from their homes has demonstrated that the cause of the eruption was a borehole drilled by a natural gas exploration company.研究到印尼泥火山已经流离失所，至少1.1万人从各自的家中已经证明，事业的爆发是一个钻孔钻一个天然气勘探公司。

The那个 terradaily report on this is littered with overblown significant figures.报告书，这是充斥着夸张的重要人物。 “An area of at least 10 square kilometers (3.9 square miles) around the volcano will be uninhabitable for years”, their reports tells us. “面积至少10平方公里（ 3.9平方英里）左右，火山将居住多年的” ，他们的报告告诉我们。 It adds that the volcano has been disgorging between “7,000 and 150,000 cubic metres (245,000 and 5.25 million cubic feet)” of mud every day.它补充说，该火山已disgorging之间的“ 7000和15.0万立方米（ 24.5万和五百二十五点零零万立方英尺） ”泥每天。 At a depth of “around 2,830 metres (7,735 feet) below the surface” etc etc.在深入“周围2830米（七七三五英尺）下面，表面上”等等。

This Sig Fig note is not intended to detract from the problem that this mud volcano has caused, but the original research hopes to improve understanding of the phenomenon and to highlight the fact that inappropriate drilling without adequate structural reinforcement.这个SIG的图注意的是，不打算偏离的问题，这泥火山造成的，但原来的研究，希望更好地了解这一现象，并强调这一事实，即不恰当的钻井没有足够的结构加固。 Part of an improved understanding involves not providing higher levels of precision than were measured in the original studies by using conversion factors with more significant figures than makes scientific sense.的一部分，更好地理解涉及不提供更高水平的精密测量，比在原来的研究，使用转换因素较显着的数字比，使科学常识。 More to the point, why do those news reports insist on providing “imperial” measurements in a science news article in the first place.多一点，为什么这些新闻报道，坚持提供“帝国”的测量科学新闻文章摆在首位。 If you’re reading about the cause and effect of mud volcanoes and other geological phenomenon then you should be able to cope easily with cubic meters rather than having to worry about what that volume is in feet.如果您正在阅读有关的原因和影响，泥火山等地质现象，那么你应该能够应付很容易与立方米，而不用担心什么，数量是在英尺。

Isn’t it time the US adopted the far more logical metric system that the rest of the world has been using for decades?是不是时间，美国通过了迄今较为合理的度量系统，世界其余地区已使用了几十年的呢？