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Would Trump privatize weather forecasting? What to know. (www.washingtonpost.com)
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[-] memfree@beehaw.org 13 points 3 months ago

Would Trump? Probably. Would Project 2025? Absolutely.

Per WaPo, Project 2025....

... calls for breaking up NOAA, whose climate research it calls “harmful to future U.S. prosperity.” It suggests the Weather Service should “fully commercialize its forecasting operations,” because its data is already used widely by private companies.

The report bases that proposal on an assertion that “forecasts and warnings provided by the private companies are more reliable than those provided by the NWS.”

... as if those forecasts didn't start with the government service and then build on it. And how much more would everything cost when everyone has to pay for weather information? Food? Planes? Fish?

Remember the AccuWeather issues in Trump's first term?

Lastly: do you want to HOPE that some private company has enough customers in your area for them to make your forecast? Maybe it is insurance companies worrying about tornadoes, but your area is a mix of several firms (Allstate, Gieco, State Farm, whomever) and they all concentrate their forecast for the regions they dominate.

[-] futatorius@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago

Would Trump? Probably. Would Project 2025? Absolutely.

Despite his denials, there's no difference.

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