Even though my approach doesn't really make sense, It's not a bug.
Yeah, you are right and I thought about this before I added the increased energy consumption. However it has been kept this way for the sake of balancing. I needed a way (which makes at least some sense) to increase energy consumption later into the game, so your demand for food would increase. If you know of any other way, I'll be happy to make PA not consume more energy and implement your idea instead.
Anyway, thanks for your feedback.