Weather forecasts are what economists call a ‘public good’. The value to the public will always be greater than what the private sector can charge. Sure larger firms may be able to pay for private forecasts (many already do), but what about the people in the Russian River watershed? Public goods are always underproduced by the private sector and thus become the legitimate role for government.
NOAA was targeted because of its role in collecting data that verified climate change and that is a story the Administration and fossil fuel interests want to squash. There is nothing about this that is about efficiency and everything about this is about an emerging authoritarian Administration wanting to control what we know and what is reported. It is part of a broad based attack on science that will cost us dearly now and in the future as we lose the race to other countries who are not afraid of what science tells us.
It appears that many voters believed that democrats were so bad that they didn’t vote or voted for someone else. This essay brings a consequence « home ».
Who will the DNC and media allow to replace the old democratic leaders, disliked by voters….?
Everything is so expensive. And with very little checks and balances with corps and gutting federal consumer agencies that protect regular people.. I am skeptical of the private sector for things like this. Weather resources arefor everyone and will be more important than ever, every year going forward. And if you know you know. Imagine weather information being behind a paywall..
Weather forecasts are what economists call a ‘public good’. The value to the public will always be greater than what the private sector can charge. Sure larger firms may be able to pay for private forecasts (many already do), but what about the people in the Russian River watershed? Public goods are always underproduced by the private sector and thus become the legitimate role for government.
NOAA was targeted because of its role in collecting data that verified climate change and that is a story the Administration and fossil fuel interests want to squash. There is nothing about this that is about efficiency and everything about this is about an emerging authoritarian Administration wanting to control what we know and what is reported. It is part of a broad based attack on science that will cost us dearly now and in the future as we lose the race to other countries who are not afraid of what science tells us.
It appears that many voters believed that democrats were so bad that they didn’t vote or voted for someone else. This essay brings a consequence « home ».
Who will the DNC and media allow to replace the old democratic leaders, disliked by voters….?
Everything is so expensive. And with very little checks and balances with corps and gutting federal consumer agencies that protect regular people.. I am skeptical of the private sector for things like this. Weather resources arefor everyone and will be more important than ever, every year going forward. And if you know you know. Imagine weather information being behind a paywall..