Wow. What an unfair statement. I am mostly vegan, drive as little as possible with my third hand high-mpg vehicle, and make a conscious effort to reduce reuse and recycle. However, yes I eat industrial animal products (not a lot but . . . ). Does that mean I'm just signaling because I think, and state, that cryptocurrency mining is a hugely wasteful environmentally damaging and morally dubious activity?
I never stated my position at all. Just asked what his is, since he sees no problem wasting massive amounts of energy on bitcoin. Many of the people caught up in cryptocommity are the ones turning around and posting about melting ice caps with no sense of irony or shame at all.
I could be entirely opposed to the idea of a tax solution to "fight" climate change while also being entirely opposed to bitcoin because of the uses of money laundering, drug purchasing, a My First Day Trading schemes.
I'm personally opposed to bitcoin for lots of reasons, mostly like kids think it's a decentralized currency, when really it's a very centralized commodity (any one of 12 people could effectively destroy bitcoin at any point in time) - but...
I'd be a hypocrite if I considered myself into bitcoin and environmental issues.