1.   Industrialized countries consume natural resources in huge quantities.

2.   NationsBank economist Lynn Reaser said that consumers can expect cheaper gasoline prices because Asian countries are not consuming as much energy, meaning more supply and less demand.

3.   Several years ago the country consumed six million tons of cement a year.

4.   Uruguay already has three major power generators that provide all of the energy the country consumes.

5.   Asian countries have traditionally consumed about half of South Korean exports.

6.   Baron said many countries consumed sufficient quantities of sugar to make the idea of adding vitamin A viable.

7.   The country at present consumes four times as much energy as France, although the two nations have roughly the same population.