I know it has been discussed often with many hardliners on both sides about the energegy consumption of Bitcoin and its CO2 footprint.
For my opinion as crypto technical forward payment option we should not close the eyes to it when many people try to lower their CO2 footprint to do the same.
For my start i use the data of https://digiconomist.net/bitcoin-energy-consumption to say that BTC needs minimum of 38 TWh up to 63 TWh a year with an annual footprint of 30216 kt CO2 (!!!) Everyone can expect what this means.

So my question is: Should DEV-team focus on a enviromental friendly main bitcoin fork? We have big knowlege in that team so we possible have a secure solution. Can be POS but need not to be.

And we should have in mind that Bitcoin itself is still not a payment system. It needs off chain ideas like lightning network to pay your food with bitcoin at a supermarket.

Some standart argues for POW hardliners I like to say something in the beginning:
1) We can use green power for mining
Green power is an illusion. Even windmills or dams pollute the enviroment

2) Any other consensus algo makes centralisation
Bitcoin is central already with 4 mining pools get all the blocks with mainly global players like Bitmain

3) We will have new hardware for more easy mining
Ok. And the old ones are trash? Even bad for enviroment. And this will continue

4) Algos like POS makes the richer more rich
Now the people who can buy big miner farm get richer. And even when not, maybe its a bad pill we have to take

5) The banks consume energy, why we should not
Pointing with fingers on others is like in kindergarden

Maybe I forget somethink. But again I think we should wake up and do somethink. Whats your opinion.