1. The electricity industry consumes large amounts of fossil fuels. 电力工业消耗大量的矿物燃料。
2. Yawning is distracting, consumes energy and takes time. 打呵欠会分散注意力，消耗精力，耗费时间。
3. The biggest challenge here is irrigation, which consumes 70% of the world's fresh water. 这里最大的难题就是灌溉，因为这消耗了世界上70%的淡水。
4. Indeed, on a global scale, fertiliser manufacturing consumes about 3-5% of the world's annual natural gas supply. 事实上，在全球范围内，化肥生产消耗了全球每年约3-5%的天然气供应。
5. Forty percent of that powers old-fashioned incandescent light bulbs—a 19th-century technology that wastes most of the power it consumes on unwanted heat. 其中40%的电能用于老式白炽灯——这是19世纪的一项技术，它所消耗的大部分电能都浪费在制造多余的热量上。
