Well, what the article says is partly true and although it is mainly about analyzing the consequences of BTC mining, I think that not everything can be credited to this, there are other factors that harm and also cause water shortages for generate electricity, ignoring this and for bitcoin to continue being created without inconvenience or more restrictions than those attributed to it, it would be advisable for more of those dedicated to this task to look for alternatives to stay active, today there are many options that can work, perhaps more expensive than what is normally used but it can be beneficial in the long term, so that  they are not blamed for this activity and are seen as an industry that contributes to this event by avoiding the acceleration of shortages.