11.   Advantages of the ancient method of water transportation include a stable water-flow with little vaporisation and energy consumption that is almost negligible.

12.   He also believed there was a need from credible studies of the economic and social impact of reduced energy consumption, carbon taxes and command and control initiatives.

13.   Americans have long resisted taking steps in their own lives to reduce energy consumption.

14.   As for energy consumption, China became a net importer of oil last year after production in its major oilfields failed to keep up with demand.

15.   As Hertsgaard travels the world, he compiles information on U.S. energy consumption, evolutionary time lines and global deforestation, extinction of species and population growth.

16.   Brazil is expected to arrange the first ventures within three months in an effort to make production keep up with rising domestic energy consumption.

17.   A bill to tax energy consumption was shot down last year in the state Legislature.

18.   A key part of that change is reducing energy consumption.

19.   A gas range that lights its burners with an electronic ignition device can cut energy consumption in half.

20.   Along with methods of building, green design must be sustainable, and energy consumption is a major factor in planning environmentally sensitive buildings.