Within the energy industry, trust levels differ by nearly a factor of two, with the oil industry experiencing the lowest levels of stakeholder trust at just 35 percent, and the renewable energy industry garnering a 65 percent trust rating.

Efforts to win political reforms and efforts to accelerate technology innovation are not mutually exclusive. They aren't even true substitutes, but rather complements.

Like politics, water consumption is a local issue. Fracking presents a major water consumption issue in arid locales, but makes no significant difference in water-rich areas.