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> エネルギー消費の大きい生き方に敬礼  
>  Those who expend great energy in their lives, I salute you.‌

I've seen this pattern used several times, Noun+の+adjective+Noun, but I've
never really understood if the adjective is characterizing what comes before
or what comes after, besides in this case it's a い adjective. I would like to
know when the adjective will characterize what is in front of you and what it
will characterize in this pattern "Noun+の+adjective+Noun".
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grammar relative-clauses
Noun+の+adjective+Noun: エネルギー消費の大きい生き方
エネルギー消費の大きい is modifying 生き方 as a [relative
clause](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/a/14550/5010). This の is a subject
marker used in relative clauses, and it's interchangeable with が. See: [How
does the の work in
「日本人の知らない日本語」?](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/12825/5010)

Imagine this "double-subject" sentence:

> この生き方はエネルギー消費が大きい。  
>  As for this way of living, energy consumption is high.

From this, you can construct the following noun phrase with a relative clause:

> エネルギー消費 **が** 大きい生き方  
>  a way of living where energy consumption is high

Which is the same as:

> エネルギー消費 **の** 大きい生き方  
>  a way of living where energy consumption is high

Note that this person is saluting to the 生き方 itself, not "you" or anyone. The
given translation is not wrong as a free translation, though.

Here are some simpler examples. が and の are interchangeable.

  * 背が高い人  
背の高い人  
a tall person (lit. a person whose height is high)  
(cf. 彼は背が高い。 He is tall.)

  * 鼻が長いゾウ  
鼻の長いゾウ  
an elephant with a long nose

  * 心が美しい人  
心の美しい人  
a beautiful-minded person
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