Lessons from Frankenstorm / Wiley Finance RealTime (ePub)

The world has been brought to its knees in recent years due to an
increased amount of hurricanes, tsunamis and earthquakes which
collectively have left tens of millions without power and derailed
economic growth in the process. However, today weather is not the
only threat to massive power loss. It's time to fight back
before energy weaknesses and instabilities from disruptive weather
patterns cause financial chaos around the world through
cyberwarfare. In Lessons from Frankenstorm, you'll learn how
to fight back.

Overview: A look back at recent events (Fukushima, India
blackout, Sandy here in the U.S., August 2003 blackout in Northeast
U.S., etc.). Set up the case that something needs to be done,
especially with warming temperatures (2012 was the hottest year on
record).

What are threats? Focus here is on weather (temperatures,
rising tides, global warming, dwindling water supplies which impact
certain energy sources (i.e. fracking, biofuels), terrorism
(cyberterror which may create a whole new investing sector in the
very near future).

What can governments and utilities do? It could be good
to focus on disaster recovery efforts, crisis management,
legislation, planning and strategy AHEAD of next major storm or
terrorist threats that could rattle global financial marketplaces.
New legislation could lead to new asset allocation by investors,
technology companies, utilities and private equity. Legislation
(i.e. endorsing modern nuclear power, offshore wind, etc.) may also
cause new alliances, joint ventures as a result.

Could Frankenstorm be used a global blueprint for energy
innovation? Here focus on efforts seen in New York and New
Jersey emerging from the darkness and ruin left by Superstorm Sandy
through the real next generation energy technologies and themes
that investors may want to focus on for the next decade (i.e.
thorium nuclear reactors which China just announced they are moving
toward--should the U.S. follow?).
Complacency is not the answer. Doing nothing and simply
waiting for another major power outage that not only challenges our
credibility as a superpower in a new world economy but could also
cripple global market centers (maybe look at how slow Japan has
reacted to Fukushima while Germany moved way too fast in my view to
move away from nuclear power--something that has caused
surging electricity prices).