The problem is information overload. This problem is most pronounced in regard to scanning a marketplace for relevant news and blog articles. The Alternative Energy Sector is an example of a market where thousands of daily articles need to be scanned, filtered and patterned for possible threats and opportunities. Somewhere amongst these innumerable articles might be emerging competitor, technology, supplier, government regulation or other trends that are invisible without advanced filtering and patterning tools.

The commodity index chart to the left illustrates a significant decoupling of corn prices from oil prices in May, at a time when market news showed heightened concern for food and feed shortages.

In regard to alternative energy trends, this Animated Event Radar shows the interaction of major energy companies with various alternative energies like wind, ethanol, LNG, etc. Also interacting with these market events are food prices. It is interesting to watch the growing influence of food articles on the marketplace of alternative energy.