I provided a link to a very thoughtful critique and pointed out how it's lazy. I commented on that, I wasn't expecting on having to give a lecture on the specifics.
As for the quoted part on specific, for instance a blockchain style of consensus allows for personal data to be forgotten but validated by pre-decided metrics. This allows for DiD applications. There's a lot of research and there are also non-blockchain ideas being disputed.
For energy sector I'd suggest this discussion given yesterday: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/web3talk-energy