[dukeyukey]

Yes, because those renewables could be powering people's homes and productive equipment, or powering conventional payment systems with plenty capacity left over. It's not necessarily a deal-breaker, but plenty of crypto exists that doesn't need this much power.

[doomroot]

Energy for the home and nearly every other electricity demanding enterprise easily outbids bitcoin miners. There’s a reason they have to go the there ridiculously remote places to set up operations.