[SmooL]

There's no good reason for BTC to be set up to use that much energy. There are viable, proven alternatives like proof of stake. I'd also be more forgiving if BTC only required a given amount of power, but no, the system is designed such the power requirement is related to the cost of flops/watt - it's specifically designed such that the system will use more power as power becomes cheaper.

[bamboozled]

No but as others are arguing in this thread, “power is fungible” etc etc, “it’s not up to you to decide where the energy goes”. Double standards in my opinion.