Dave wrote:
On Tue, 27 Mar 2007 15:07:09 -0600, "KLC Lewis" said:

on imperfect data, promoting impossible goals
with unforeseeable consequences, or would it be better to continue
developing alternative energy sources while continuing to study GW for
several more years and act upon better, more long-term data? I suggest that
the latter is wiser than the former.

One has to follow the money here. Can more grant money be shaken loose for
academia by arguing there's an imminent crises, or by arguing there's the
possibility of a distant crisis?

Exactly. And the press gets more attention by reporting crisis than
they do from reporting nice weather.