> One last thing I want to leave you with is that anyone is free to do whatever they want with electricity they've paid for, be it computer gaming, drying cloth

> One last thing I want to leave you with is that anyone is free to do whatever they want with electricity they've paid for, be it computer gaming, drying clothes or lighting the outside of their house at Christmas (all of which use comparable amounts to bitcoin mining). I'm happy to head off here, but quick note that Bitcoin mining also does use substantially more energy than all of these activities, it's not comparable.