02568nam a2200241   450000500170000000800410001703500150005810000210007324501520009426000520024630000340029849000270033250001010035950200570046052014720051765000430198970000350203270000410206770000450210871000480215381000590220185600660226020260818173843.0300998s1994    th      r    0000|0 eng d  a.b114070491 aFifita, Solomone12aA preliminary economic analysis of the Kingdom of Tonga's energy demand for 1980-1990 and the agricultural sector's energy demand forecast for 2015  aBangkok :bAsian Institute of Technology,c1994  a181 leaves +1 online resource1 aThesis ;vno. ET-94-34  aA thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the degree of Master of Science  aThesis (M.Sc.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 1994  aThis study is the first of it's kind in attempting to identify performance indicators of the Kingdom's energy sector. The Kingdom's energy sector performance for the 1980/90 decade has been, in some aspects, similar to the trends followed by some developing Asian and Pacific nations, that is, (i) traditional fuels were substituted by commercial energy sources, particularly in the RESCOM and industrial sectors; (ii) the penetration of petroleum products has been strongest in the transportation sector; (iii) the increasing demand for commercial energy has increased the rate of energy dependency; (iv) the energy intensity of traditional fuels was decreasing while the energy intensiveness of commercial energy consumption was growing rapidly; and (v) commercial energy consumption was elastic to the population and prices growths while biomass consumption correlated more with the GDP growth. A forecast of the agricultural sector's energy demand for 2015 showed increased energy demand and expenses which could be self-financed by the sector's anticipated value added. The trend of the energy supply and demand for the 1980/90 decade points to mounting pressures on the Kingdom's energy security, environment and her balance of payments. These pressures should be addressed from an energy conservation perspective. In this respect, concerted efforts to draw up national energy objectives, policies and a master plan should be a priority action to be undertaken.10aEnergy consumptionxTongaxForecasting1 aLefevre, Thierry,eChairperson1 aChen, Xavier,eExamination Committee1 aHeredia, Juan B.,eExamination Committee2 aGovernment of Australia,eScholarship Donor2 aAsian Institute of Technology.tThesis ;vno. ET-94-34  3Full-Textu http://203.159.5.9/ait-thesis/detail.php?q=B16981