Indonesia, especially Jakarta is in a pollution emergency, Many say that this is caused by steam power plants where the fuel is coal. And, sadly I heard also on my social media local that this pollution is also caused by crypto-mining, I debated and rejected it opinion because crypto-mining in Indonesia is not much like other countries where their air is still clean today.
The one who made that allegation provided any proof for their claim which is the power produced in the plants is mostly used by crypto mining and related equipment.
Already we have threads like
Cambridge University Shatters Bitcoin Energy Myths which simply means the energy used by crypto mining is not even in the considerable amount as government claims so it is just a cover-up story by the government who can't address the situation put the blame on bitcoin.
But as many of the others said bitcoin mining in Indonesia is not much so its pretty convincing that its nothing but a false claim.