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Even though Russia and China own Elon and Trump, they should be against this. Every country, including them, relies on NOAA's weather data. I imagine the end re
by 9283409232 2y ago
Even though Russia and China own Elon and Trump, they should be against this. Every country, including them, relies on NOAA's weather data. I imagine the end result of this is Elon being granted a contract to provide weather data through his infrastructure much like this Sovereign Wealth Fund will be used to invest in Trump-allied companies. The entire thing is a big shakedown.
- quantified 2y agoLet's see. I expect it's someone else angling for the contract.
- cratermoon 2y agoIt's Accuweather. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Weather_Service_Duties_Act_of_2005 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Weather_Service_Dutie...
- rchaud 2y agoChina doesn't interrupt its enemies when they're making a mistake. In this case, America jumping headfirst into its own Great Leap Forward.
- antifa 2y agoAlthough this is more like a Great Leap Backwards. Expect the same death toll, but on average none of the US will be more modernized or industrialized afterwards.
- rsynnott 2y agoYou could pretty much say the same for the Great Leap Forward, tbh. I think people, appalled at the human consequences, tend to miss that it was also a failure in its industrialisation goals; that came later.