Volcanic Discrepancies火山的差異

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經流離失所，至少1.1萬人從各自的家中已經證明，事業的爆發是一個鑽孔鑽一個天然氣勘探公司。

The那個 terradaily report on this is littered with overblown significant figures.報告書，這是充斥著誇張的重要人物。 “An area of at least 10 square kilometers (3.9 square miles) around the volcano will be uninhabitable for years”, their reports tells us. “面積至少10平方公里（ 3.9平方英里）左右，火山將居住多年的” ，他們的報告告訴我們。 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.它補充說，該火山已disgorging之間的“ 7000和15.0萬立方米（ 24.5萬和五百二十五點零零萬立方英尺） ”泥每天。 At a depth of “around 2,830 metres (7,735 feet) below the surface” etc etc.在深入“周圍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.這個SIG的圖注意的是，不打算偏離的問題，這泥火山造成的，但原來的研究，希望更好地了解這一現象，並強調這一事實，即不恰當的鑽井沒有足夠的結構加固。 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測量，比在原來的研究，使用轉換因素較顯著的數字比，使科學常識。 More to the point, why do those news reports insist on providing “imperial” measurements in a science news article in the first place.多一點，為什麼這些新聞報導，堅持提供“帝國”的測量科學新聞文章擺在首位。 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.如果您正在閱讀有關的原因和影響，泥火山等地質現象，那麼你應該能夠應付很容易與立方米，而不用擔心什麼，數量是在英尺。

Isn’t it time the US adopted the far more logical metric system that the rest of the world has been using for decades?是不是時間，美國通過了迄今較為合理的度量系統，世界其餘地區已使用了幾十年的呢？