Individual transactions don't use energy. The energy is used to secure the entire value of the ledger back to the very first transaction. Each layer 1 final set

Individual transactions don't use energy. The energy is used to secure the entire value of the ledger back to the very first transaction. Each layer 1 final settlement Bitcoin transaction can support potentially limitless transactions on the layer 2 lightning network. Electricity use does not equal emissions. Digiconomist works for the Dutch central bank.