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    T I I T E O - A P F C T ?: Ourism Ssues and Nsights HE ND of IL Otential Uture Onstraint On Ravel

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    Oil is a significant constraint for the tourism industry as nearly 40% of the world's energy comes from oil, over 50% of which is used for transportation. As conventional oil reserves decline and production problems increase, mitigation measures must be implemented to ensure adequate fuel supplies, especially for aviation and transport which drive tourism. While technology may increase efficiency, overall fuel use and emissions from tourism are expected to continue growing due to increased travel. In the long run, new energy solutions beyond cheap oil will be needed given its decline, with unconventional sources like gas, heavy oil, and oil shales providing potential but also challenges.

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    Oil is a significant constraint for the tourism industry as nearly 40% of the world's energy comes from oil, over 50% of which is used for transportation. As conventional oil reserves decline and production problems increase, mitigation measures must be implemented to ensure adequate fuel supplies, especially for aviation and transport which drive tourism. While technology may increase efficiency, overall fuel use and emissions from tourism are expected to continue growing due to increased travel. In the long run, new energy solutions beyond cheap oil will be needed given its decline, with unconventional sources like gas, heavy oil, and oil shales providing potential but also challenges.

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    Oil is a significant constraint for the tourism industry as nearly 40% of the world's energy comes from oil, over 50% of which is used for transportation. As conventional oil reserves decline and production problems increase, mitigation measures must be implemented to ensure adequate fuel supplies, especially for aviation and transport which drive tourism. While technology may increase efficiency, overall fuel use and emissions from tourism are expected to continue growing due to increased travel. In the long run, new energy solutions beyond cheap oil will be needed given its decline, with unconventional sources like gas, heavy oil, and oil shales providing potential but also challenges.

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    TOURISM ISSUES AND INSIGHTS

    THE END OF OIL – A POTENTIAL FUTURE


    CONSTRAINT ON TRAVEL?

    One of the most significant issues facing tourism is the increased costs of energy and
    issues of availability. According to the Energy Committee at the Royal Swedish Academy
    of Sciences (2005: 1) It is very likely that the world is now entering a challenging period for
    energy supply, due to the limited resources and production problems now facing conventional
    (easily accessible) oil. Nearly 40 percent of the world’s energy is provided by oil, and over 50
    percent of the latter is used in the transport sector. According to the Committee mitigation
    measures must be initiated in the next few years in order to secure a continued adequate
    supply of liquid fuels, especially for the transport sector. Aviation will be more fuel efficient
    in the future as a result of technological innovations but possibilities are limited and although
    energy use per person per km will fall the overall predicted increase in the number and dis-
    tance of people flying will mean that overall fuel use and amount of emissions will continue
    to grow.
    However, over the longer term, completely new energy solutions are required given the
    decline of cheap oil. Key issues with respect to oil supply are outlined below.

    Shortage of oil
    The global demand for oil is presently growing by almost 2 percent per year with consump-
    tion at the end of 2005 set at 84 million barrels per day (1 barrel  159 liters) or 30 billion
    barrels per year. Finding additional supplies is increasingly problematical since most major oil
    fields are well matured. Already 54 of the 65 most important oil-producing countries have
    declining production and the rate of discoveries of new reserves is less than a third of the
    rate of consumption as of the end of 2005.

    Reserves of conventional oil


    Since 1990 two-thirds of the increases in reserves of conventional oil have been based on
    increased estimates of recovery from existing fields and only one-third on discovery of new
    fields. A conservative estimate of discovered oil reserves and undiscovered recoverable oil
    resources is about 1200 billion barrels, according to the United States Geological Survey;
    this includes 300 billion barrels in the world’s, as yet unexplored, sedimentary basins.

    The key role of the Middle East


    Only in the Middle East and possibly the countries of the former Soviet Union is there
    potential (proven reserves of 130 billion barrels) to significantly increase production rates to
    compensate for decreasing rates in other countries. As of the end of 2005 Saudi Arabia pro-
    vided 9.5 million barrels per day (11 percent of the current global production rate).

    Unconventional oil reserves


    There are very large hydrocarbon resources, so-called unconventional oil, including gas
    (c. 1,000 billion barrels of oil equivalent, much of which could be converted to liquid fuels),
    heavy oil and tar sands (c. 800 billion barrels), oil shales (c. 2,700 billion barrels); and coal.
    Problems with unconventional resources include long lead times in development, environ-
    mental impacts and the availability of water and natural gas for the production process.
    Continued

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