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No, I don't agree with consumes 'way more' filament.
If your design calls for 1mm width wall. You're doing two passes with a 0.4 nozzle (0.5 width x2) or one pass with a 0.8 nozzle (1 width x1)
It's the same plastic.
You'll use more plastic on the infill, but you could arguably use a lower % infill if the infill wall thickness is larger.
So you could be using more plastic overall, but I don't think it would qualify as 'way more'.. maybe like 10% to 20% more.