Keeping a jaundiced eye on the corporate media.
Jan 27th, 2007 at 10:17 am by PSoTD
Does anyone know where there’s a central source for the cost of snow removal in the United States by year? I see stories like this:
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and I just wonder if anyone is keeping track of the national costs.
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I’d check with AAA to see if they have any leads.
Are you also going to consider the private costs paid by businesses to keep their facilities open for employees and/or customers?
Something about those numbers might be collected by the US Chamber of Commerece or the SBA?
Another part of this discussion is specialized equipment which would need to be prorated over its lifetime.
In snowbelt areas, say in Rochester, NY, for instance, they have little bobcat/gold cart sized plows to clear sidewalks and other small areas. DOwn here in Philly, the cost of something like that would probably be prohibitive to implement city wide, especially when it might only get used a couple times a winter.
In Rochester, you can get a few inches of snow almost any day and certainly dozens of times a winter because of the lake effect snow.
Chris: what are you getting at? Will my taxes go down if global warming eliminates snow removal costs? I hope you are right.
Lutton - these are all good points. Some of this is paid for by FEMA, some is paid by state government, some by local government - I’m just wondering who has a handle on the entire cost.
My thoughts too, AJL.
Global warming is good for us, and saves us money.
And Republican-supported water pollution ensures that we will have no Loch Ness monsters terrorizing the good ol’ US of A.
“Will my taxes go down if global warming eliminates snow removal costs?”
Taxes go down? LOL No way–they’ll just reappropriate the funds to something else wasteful. Once it’s budgeted, it HAS to be spent right?
I live in Louisville, KY and it’s panic central any time there is even a dusting of snow predicted (which is more often than not wrong by the way). It’s all because the city wasn’t prepared two or three big snows ago and had to shut down the whole city for a few days so now they’re overcompensating to show they’re “prepared.” They also budget so much per year just in case there is that once in a blue moon big snow. I know I’m not answering the question but I’d say in the case of Louisville, the money was already budgeted.
PsoTD,
Did you ever get a good source for this information?