One point of agreement was that the southern provinces are facing a surge in demand for power in response to the rapidly growing tourism industry.This is despite the argument from opponents that the amount of power reserves from the existing power plants would enable the Krabi project to be delayed for a while.Even without the new power plant, the environment has already been gradually polluted by irresponsible consumers and uncontrolled tourism activities.The current level of power reserves may be enough for the present level of consumption, for a while.But the current level of power reserves may not be enough to serve the rise in tourists in the future.