Just want to put this out there. What is the problem with crypto mining and energy consumption? Yes, I know you'll raise environment concerns, I get it.
However, consider this: a civilisation is measured by its energy consumption. Before we discovered fire and used any stone tools, the only energy we had was whatever our bodies produced. Then we discovered fire, made tools, invented the wheel, etc. Until now, when we use computers, robots and other machines to help us live. Our life expectancy and quality of life has increased dramatically.
Shouldn't we concentrate our efforts on using clean renewable energy, rather than restrict our use of it?
Frankly, if there is a problem with too much energy consumption, we should go back and live in caves, and hunt in groups.
At the end of the day this is nothing more but an excuse to try to attack bitcoin, in the past we heard things like bitcoin was a Ponzi or a scam but those arguments cannot be made anymore as bitcoin has lasted more than a decade, it was the best possible investment during that time and now institutional investors are coming to the market.
So they are trying to find something else to attack it and they are using its energy consumption against it, which is ridiculous as having a strong from of money is critical for civilization to take place and without it we could argue we will never reached our current progress, so do not mind those people as they do not know what they are talking about.