If consciousness (whatever it is) takes energy to be generated, there is no mechanism we can conceive of that would account for that energy. Obviously it could

If consciousness (whatever it is) takes energy to be generated, there is no mechanism we can conceive of that would account for that energy. Obviously it could be some exotic sensation that has nothing to do with the physical world, but if it is then we have no idea how to expect it to behave (because nothing else we know of is like that).