Saying that bitcoins have intrinsic value of electricity used to produce them is very dumb since you can't turn bitcoin back into electricity. In fact, for it to even exist, you need electricity to run all the computers that have bitcoin client installed on them and servers used to connect them to internet.
Paper money at least have intrinsic value since you can use them to attend toilet but with bitcoins, well you can't do even that...
Try sending your paper money thru internet then.
By Visa, Mastercard, paypal or Am. Ex?