On the other hand if you were a person who needed to make a transaction in person because you can’t use banks for that (I.e. mafia) you would take that ride and

On the other hand if you were a person who needed to make a transaction in person because you can’t use banks for that (I.e. mafia) you would take that ride and probably spend even more energy commuting several people (arms, team of people) for a sufficiently large transaction. In the Wild West you would need maybe several horses each in order to exchange a certain amount of gold. What does the carbon usage be here? Bitcoin solves that problem in software, which is magnificent. For the same carbon footprint.