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.
So what do you though, is crypto mining become a big problem of pollution?
I'm from Indonesia and I don't find the news that this is caused by bitcoin mining because the main reason when Jakarta is a pollution emergency is as you said before because of the steam power plant besides that, the surge in the increase in vehicles entering Indonesia especially Jakarta is very large which makes pollution in Jakarta and its surroundings dangerous even currently ranked 1 for the most polluted city in Southeast Asia.
On the other hand, I have also discussed this in the local Indonesian section
Jakarta Darurat Polusi and there have been several responses which I think are quite good for discussion.