While the low-effort statements stemming from the obsession with crypto carbon output annoy me as well, energy budget is an essentially zero-sum game (ignoring

While the low-effort statements stemming from the obsession with crypto carbon output annoy me as well, energy budget is an essentially zero-sum game (ignoring anomalous areas like those with net excess geothermal), and zero-carbon energy can be achieved by increasing 0C production or decreasing consumption. As with almost every ecological issue, decreasing consumption is the more economically and logistically viable part of the solution, especially when it comes to cryptocurrency where the value-per-unit-energy is so many orders of magnitude lower than traditional systems.