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[–] Rapidcreek@lemmy.world 59 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The real reason that NOAA exists is to support businesses, like farms for instance. Weather forecasting adds to the bottom line and businesses depend on them.

[–] Hegar@fedia.io 50 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Exactly. That's a service that some rich people could be making profit on and here we are just giving it away for the collective good of our society. Won't someone think of (financially screwing over) the farmers?

[–] TimLovesTech@badatbeing.social 30 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I think the idea behind getting rid of it with Project 2025 is the hard anti-climate change denial stance they want to push. And they think if we can't track the weather somehow nobody will notice that the weather events are increasing in intensity and occurrence rate.

[–] NatakuNox@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

As if corporations greed has one avenue of oppression

[–] bstix@feddit.dk 7 points 1 month ago

The purpose is literally described as both.

It's at the end of the article.

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Most farmers are big business. Gone are the days of mom and pop farmers working a small plot. They all got bought out for retirement generations ago.

Is it’s all corporate “farmers” that are your “rich people”.

[–] Hegar@fedia.io 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

My understanding is that a lot of the big agribusiness is structured as a monopsony - all the people farming a particular crop have only one big Ag company they all have to sell their produce to and that company sets the price low enough that the farmers doing the actual growing for Big Ag are still getting screwed.

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Most ag business, the people working the fields don’t own the land, the corporations do. Most of America’s farmland is owned by corporations and is worked on by employees being paid peanuts. (Frequently, undocumented immigrants whose status is being used to keep them from complaining about the illegally low wages.)

[–] Rapidcreek@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Anyone that tends a farm or ranch needs to know what the weather is like. It doesn't matter who they've sold to.

[–] Shark_Ra_Thanos@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Okay, then get that. Let's say I'm that big business. It means that if I'm doling out weather knowledge for cost so high, then only big business can afford it, mostly because I'm the jackass that bought NOAA & plot too, together. That means that you can't be competitive unless your farming something I don't give a fuck about, today...

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 18 points 1 month ago (2 children)

If they killed off the free NOAA service, many people and businesses depending on this kind of service would need a new, commercial and probably expensive service. Profit!

Yeah, the article specified they didn't want to shut down NOAA but split it up and commercialize it. We know they want that because for profit companies will put profits over all else.

[–] Notyou@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 month ago

Oh you want to be updated on where that hurricane is? Why don't you sign up for our premium service and we will notify you when there are tornadoes in your area.

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

lol you people want to get rid of weather forecasting

[–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 4 points 1 month ago

Free commie government weather forecasting.

[–] WoahWoah@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Scrap it then. It's helpful for everyone, but it especially helps the states that are adamantly and continuously trying to shoot at their own feet, and I'm tired of slapping the gun out of their hands.

[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Florida had 5.7 million vote for Trump, 5.3 million vote for Biden. The majority of Puerto Rico voted for Biden. Your response is to let all those people suffer to "teach them a lesson." You may need anger management classes.

[–] WoahWoah@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Shit happens bro.

If the consequences of your actions are always prevented by someone for you, you start thinking your actions have no consequences.