First, it fails to capture important changes in consumption patterns since the early 1960's.
Yet it is western consumption patterns that generates the market demand.
Second, because of religious influences on consumption patterns, the demand for fish is only seasonal.
In fact, companies are changing consumption patterns around the world - and that is certainly something to celebrate.
Consumers can use information provided by the system to change their normal consumption patterns to take advantage of lower prices.
The idea was to manipulate consumption patterns in order to achieve sustainable development.
Adequate data is not available on consumption patterns of goods made with forced labor.
The big question now is how these kind of billing changes will impact 'Net consumption patterns.
To change consumption patterns is just a big a challenge as stabalising population growth.
It is also important to tackle new phenomena in consumption patterns.