My turn: Beware 'precautionary principle' in climate change

Here.

Excerpt:

When told that average annual temperatures at least since the turn of the century have been flat, Rajendra Pachauri, head of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, told Reuters news service, "One would really have to see on the basis of some analysis what this really represents." He added, "Are there natural factors compensating?"

Well, duh.