But an equally intriguing idea put forward at the meeting is that the spread of agriculture caused climate change.In this case, the presumed culprit is forest clearance.
One idea, put forward by Eben Moglen, a professor of law at Columbia University and an advocate of free software development, would have cities collaborate on software development.
At the modest end of the current proposals is an idea put forward in 2001 by the Commission to Strengthen Social Security, which Mr Bush appointed.
"The idea put forward today fails to acknowledge the wider contribution made by Imperial to society, and will place further pressure on jobs and livelihoods," the spokesman said.
And, partly because Britain gets a budget rebate, no British government has ever backed the sensible idea put forward by Italy and others that a chunk of CAP support should be switched from Brussels to national governments.
One area of common ground to emerge at the forum was an idea put forward by Senator Tom Coburn, Republican of Oklahoma, to use undercover regulators posing as patients to root out fraud by doctors and hospitals.
The basic idea, put forward with revival-meeting fervour by speaker after speaker, is that disruption is coming to luxury and that the stodgy incumbents had better get out of the way if they can't lend a hand.
Working off an idea put forward by a pair of Dutch marine research and engineering firms, the plan called for the construction of 140 miles of sand barriers, in 24 segments, to protect the inner coastline from oil.
The best option is to build on an idea put forward by Germany's Council of Economic Experts, to mutualise the current debts of all euro-zone economies above 60% of their GDP.
Lennon and Old Firm rival Walter Smith have both dismissed an idea put forward by Dundee United chairman Stephen Thompson for the top four teams in the SPL to contest a title decider at the end of the regular season.
Another idea, put forward by Representative John Murtha, is to put Mr Bush on a short leash by funding the war for only a couple of months at a time.
