“It seems to me that a sensible application of the precautionary principle is to develop and evaluate technologies that might be needed or otherwise proposed.”
“Debt crosses $14 trillion mark”
http://money.cnn.com/2011/01/20/news/economy/debt_record_high/index.htm
By all means, let’s borrow another couple billion to “research” geoengineering boondoggles to go along with our billions being invested in researching alternative energy boondoggles. What’s a couple billion here and there when we are about to crash the whole damn thing anyway?