[Carry_Okie]

But then Global Warming is not an econonmist's area of expertise.

Making money on it is.

[Bagehot]

When federal dollars are handed out like confetti to any half baked mad scientist who can write a grant application, it's hardly a surprise that so many take advantage of easy money being showered on enviro-causes-du-jour like global warming.

Q. What ever happened to the whole 'world running out of oil by 2000' tempest that was doing the rounds when I was a kid in the seventies? A. It went the same way as this 24 karat bullsh1t that educated folks like Katie Couric and Dan Rather cry so many crocodile tears over.

[ancient_geezer]

Making money on it is.

All to true. Give an economist a project grant and they will expound on any topic as long as the well doesn't run dry.

Economist's run by the same rule a computer modelers, garbage in -- garbage out.