I love the line from "Philadelphia" where Denzel says "explain it to me like I am a six year old".

I believe in arguing as devil's advocate and reductio absurdum so do not expect an easy time. You can read my posts to get an idea of where I'm coming from. This bitcoin forum is beginning to remind me of the Linux community where RTFM rules. Unfortunately the bitcoin resources are dense and incomplete (IMHO).  The best answer I've gotten here so far is "I don't know".

I believe in life-cycle analysis and think this has not been done for bitcoin. I need someone who is extremely familiar with the theoretical aspects but can shift easily to the political/social/economic areas.

We might negotiate compensation.