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by LegitShady 1835 days ago
>From the data & trend on % renewable energy use & the absolute figures compared to, for instance, energery use by [arguably displaceable] financial co's, that seems a little weak.

Environmental concerns are very fashionable ways to get out of dealing with it, whether true or not. But on your point directly, bitcoin won't displace most financial companies so the implementation of bitcoin doesn't mean anything about that.