It amuses me that you think the magazines set the agenda. Surely its the boat buying public that set the agenda - if there were hundreds of cats being bought then the magazines would follow? I think you're confusing the (lack of) coverage of a small boat builder as the mags ignoring cats - which can't be true as I've seen reviews of cats in recent editions of mby I think.
It also amuses me that you think the market will change dramatically if diesel goes up in price. Its doubled in a year and things haven't changed. Its taxed in most of Europe and there market doesn't seem to have beaten a path to your door...