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Experts have predicted that Europes top 650 ski resorts could be decreased to 400 by 2047. Enza Trevisani said that the tourism industry will notice the pain earlier than that date, not because of a want of snowfall simply due to a general reduction in purchasing power connected to the rising cost of oil.

And what about rising temperatures? Scientists have shown that a twofold increase of carbon dioxide levels will augment ground temps by 3 to 5 degrees.

Notwithstanding there are still several open doubts.

The rate of global warming and the aftermath on climate.

A couple Celsius warming up last century hasn’t been witnessed over the last one million years.

Even during the conclusion of the glacial epoch 18000 years ago the warming of four degrees was during a period of six to nine thousand yrs.

Before that Montroc and Chamonix were below glaciers and Le Grand-Bornand would have been like Siberia.

And so what does the future hold for low mountain skiing mountains areas? Energy squeezes will begin to be keenly felt by 2013 – 18, resulting in more costs for a ski chalet, ski transfer firms and skiing lift businesses alike.

Presently the bill is three percent of GDP. However if the cost of crude increases as predicted it will represent 40 % of gross domestic product, you can imagine the economic downturn.

The European Alps will see the price of agrarian goods going up, plant species will shift because of a alteration in rainfall.

Its hydro-power will be a worthwhile source of power on the other hand it is not certain that it will be an advantage since there will be much less snowfall, a lot more water in the winter seasons and much less in the springtime.