People are always quick to point fingers to cryptos for high energy consumption but almost everything we benefit from in this technology age consumes energy and has resultant effects on the environment. Even the so called electric cars consume as much energy in there production as the carbon emission cars.
Cryptocurrencies consumes energy due to mining, but it is not as serious as it is made to seem.
Media and other die-hard environmentalists are making it a big deal, that they forgot to see other industries that are consuming much more energy. Maybe, crypto is in the hot seat because it is gaining massive interest from the community, so some people want to scrutinize the potential points that will make it negative to the eyes of the public.