A Royal Society research team member, Jules Pretty, says the team took into account a number of changes that are expected in coming decades, such as climate change, massive rises in world population, and new consumption patterns.

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Somehow market participants expected greater consumption in the 2010 holiday shopping season.

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Conversely, other airlines, such as Alaska Air, hedged a smaller percentage of their expected fuel consumption, and as a result, their annual savings were much less during that same period.

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This time last year, independent forecasters expected private UK consumption to go up by 1.1% over the following 12 months.

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