The author points out that the additional energy required to support the system can consume the energy it was meant to save.

Too much energy consumed by too many cars.

He wants people to reduce energy use, yet consumes in his own homes the energy small villages go through.

The energy that had been gathering in green tendrils around her clawed hands now consumed them, filling the air with greasy smoke.

He shrieked briefly as the released energies consumed him.

Afraid that the energy would melt the gauntlet or otherwise consume it, Entreri turned the magic right back out.

Istvan laughed to think of the dreadful surprise the enemy would get when flame and raw energy consumed them.

The energy required to transport the water this distance consumes 75% of the agency's revenues.

The front position is rotated since flying in front consumes the most energy.

Not stopped, such energies would consume everything for half a day's walk in all directions.