All that said...I do have to ask...what the hey does any of this have to do with being a helipilot?
Everything in the sense that aviation at the smaller end is not very adept at defending its position in the economy and is the frequent target of attacks from an often hypocritical consumer. And nothing if you take a wholistic view, apart from that dependency on liquid/carbon based fuels.
I'm not sure if this is available outside the UK, but there's an item on Newsnight tonight where Justin Rowlatt (AKA Ethical Man) discusses climate change with a few skeptics. I think it'll end up at the entertainment end of the infotainment scale but i'm curious about James May as he's both a pilot and ends up fronting science-related programmes:
BBC NEWS | Programmes | Newsnight
Bit of late breaking news, Johnny Ball (childhood science hero!) booed off stage,
Johnny Ball booed by atheists over climate change denial - Telegraph