How does foresight look in hindsight?  

Selection of uncorrected questions and answers at a meeting of the Public Administration Select Committee 8th February 2012. Sir David King is the former Government Chief Scientific Adviser and Lord Rees is the Astronomer Royal.    <Paul Flynn:> When you last came before this committee, Sir David, you were lukewarm on marine power and other renewables.  In hindsight, how does that foresight look? Sir David King: I was lukewarm on wave energy.   <Paul Flynn:> Well, tidal power I think was the one that came up. Sir David King: I am going to continue to say that I was lukewarm on wave energy, but I happen to be in favour of tidal power in the Severn.  That is in my view a very positive way of producing a large amount of energy in a renewable way.  I am very much in favour of renewables and microgeneration of electricity, but I am not in favour, specifically...