I agree that 1% (if true) is not insignificant, but destroying all cryptocurrencies to reduce our energy consumption by 1% isn't a clear tradeoff to me. We also

I agree that 1% (if true) is not insignificant, but destroying all cryptocurrencies to reduce our energy consumption by 1% isn't a clear tradeoff to me. We also need to account for the fact that renewable energy as a percentage of energy used by crypto is increasing and already at significant proportions.