Media Coverage and Government
Energy and climate change is a perenial topic and features prominently in the news media:
1) Summer 2009 - House is debating HR2454, Climate Cap and Trade Bill
2) December 2009 - United Nations is having their Copenhagen Climate Summit
3) 2012 - Kyoto Climate Change Treat Expires
Surveys
1) Fall 2008 - George Mason University Poll ranks energy and climate change as top 10 issue
2) January 2009 - Rasmussen Poll finds that 56% of Americans think climate change is human caused
Competitive Landscape
There are numerous titles on energy or climate change.
Energy Titles:
- Focus on the sensational aspects of Peak Oil
- Focus on the corruption of the energy industry
- Are texts for petroleum engineers
Climate Change Titles:
- Focus on proving whether climate change is real or not
- Biased as either pro or anti climate change
There are no books targetting the average citizen covering the subjects of energy and cllimate change from a multidisciplinary perspective focused on the business, political and economic motivations that drive the energy and climate change debates.