It is not a whataboutism. Complaints about energy usage are only meaningful in comparison to the alternatives. >The energy consumption downsides of proof-of-wo

It is not a whataboutism. Complaints about energy usage are only meaningful in comparison to the alternatives. >The energy consumption downsides of proof-of-work systems are pretty well known. And those particular downsides don't apply to the systems you listed. What? I have no idea what you're talking about. Proof of Work energy requirements are not necessarily proportional to usage of the chain, while almost every single complaint about it has made invalid extrapolations under that assumption. It can easily be incredibly more efficient than the existing financial system.