> have you considered the costs of what people buy in their day to day? Yes. It's not relevant to this discussion. The author did not need to mint an NFT and t

> have you considered the costs of what people buy in their day to day? Yes. It's not relevant to this discussion. The author did not need to mint an NFT and there was clearly no real demand for one. Creating an NBA NFT and then managing the ongoing bids will produce orders of magnitude more CO2 than selling a souvenir ball. Quartz recently published a good breakdown comparing selling and shipping a print vs selling an NFT https://qz.com/1987590/the-carbon-footprint-of-creating-and-selling-an-nft-artwork/ https://qz.com/1987590/the-carbon-footprint-of-creating-and-...