> there are comparable, much more energy efficient alternatives for everything you use crypto for legally No. The only alternative that is even remotely simila

> there are comparable, much more energy efficient alternatives for everything you use crypto for legally No. The only alternative that is even remotely similar to Bitcoin is gold, and gold mining is horrendous to the environment. Proof of stake coins are not Bitcoin, they don’t provide the same value proposition, and if you don’t understand why then I’d encourage you to do some more reading (including the entirety of the article linked in this post).