2007-05-12 22:03:25 · 9 answers · asked by dave777 4 in Consumer Electronics ➔ Other - Electronics
"consumed" can also mean "used". however, if you really want to eat your electronics, ill send you a get well card
2007-05-13 09:26:03 · answer #1 · answered by thekla o 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because you buy into it
kinda like bite! HAHAHAHA no, just kidding
read the definition of consume. ex specially the last one
Main Entry: con·sume
Pronunciation: k&n-'süm
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): con·sumed; con·sum·ing
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French or Latin; Middle French consumer, from Latin consumere, from com- + sumere to take up, take, from sub- up + emere to take -- more at SUB-, REDEEM
transitive verb
1 : to do away with completely : DESTROY
2 a : to spend wastefully : SQUANDER b : USE UP
3 a : to eat or drink especially in great quantity
4 : to engage fully : ENGROSS
5 : to utilize as a customer
intransitive verb
1 : to waste or burn away : PERISH
2 : to utilize economic goods
2007-05-13 05:05:44 · answer #2 · answered by Mercury 2010 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Electricity consumption by 107 million U.S. households in 2001 totaled 1,140 billion kWh. The most significant end uses were central air-conditioning and refrigerators, each of which accounted for about 14 percent of the U.S. total.
2007-05-13 05:08:30 · answer #3 · answered by valuedprofile 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The same way washing machines, refrigerators and televisions are consumed ....... By consumers.
2007-05-13 05:05:57 · answer #4 · answered by Army Retired Guy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is 'consumed' because you pay for it!
Consumer = Customer
2007-05-13 05:05:57 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
To consume is to take it into you. You use it. You consume it.
2007-05-13 05:49:03 · answer #6 · answered by Stanley W 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's a question in semantics - like, "If a tree falls in the forest, and no-one is there to hear it, does it make a sound?" It all depends on your own definition, or whether you can accept someone else's.
2007-05-13 05:14:38 · answer #7 · answered by Just Plain Ed 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You do eat it. Ever buy a computer? Then six months later it becomes obsolete and you have to buy a new one???? You just ate it.
2007-05-13 05:08:36 · answer #8 · answered by mek5280 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they "consume" energy?
2007-05-13 05:07:06 · answer #9 · answered by awgamgee 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋