Energy consumption by banking? We can calculate that. All commercial buildings in the United States used about 6.8 trillion BTUs, or 2 trillion kWh (2 petawatt

Energy consumption by banking? We can calculate that. All commercial buildings in the United States used about 6.8 trillion BTUs, or 2 trillion kWh (2 petawatt-hours), of power in 2018 [1]. That's just over half of the 3.9 petawatt-hours used by the country as a whole [2]. Of that, 16% was consumed by offices [3], so we're down to 8%. That's all office buildings, so what percentage of office building space is devoted to banking? Does banking use more than 1/3 of total office space in the United States? If so, you have a point. That seems highly unlikely. (Datacenters used less than 0.1 petawatt-hours in 2020 [4], or about 2% of total energy consumption. Again, I doubt banks were using the lion's share of that, so it doesn't move the needle much.) [1] https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/use-of-energy/commercial-buildings.php https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/use-of-energy/commercial... [2] https://www.globaldata.com/data-insights/power-and-utilities/the-power-consumption-in-united-states-of-america-1083501/ https://www.globaldata.com/data-insights/power-and-utilities... [3] https://www.eia.gov/consumption/commercial/pba/office.php#:~:text=Office%20buildings%20accounted%20for%2017,energy%20consumption%20in%20commercial%20buildings https://www.eia.gov/consumption/commercial/pba/office.php#:~.... [4] https://eta.lbl.gov/publications/united-states-data-center-energy#:~:text=Based%20on%20current%20trend%20estimates,73%20billion%20kWh%20in%202020 https://eta.lbl.gov/publications/united-states-data-center-e....