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As others have pointed out, it's not just the Europeans (Australian here). But really it's because of how prominent the US is. We can't avoid them more often than we'd like.
Irks me as an engineer whenever I'm forced to use such an annoying set of units in my work. Btu/hr is especially awful. Like it's got British right there in the name, how embarassing for a system of units touted to be patriotic.
(There are many reasons metic is better, but it's a foregone conclusion at this point, so I'd rather focus on the petty reasons to soothe my frustration)
to add insult to injury – US “considered” metric conversion back in the ’70s and did manage to pass through a couple pieces of legislation that architectural and engineering plans were allowed to be submitted in metric – but any home owner attempting to submit plans in millimeters will still get stomped on