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I would love some proof that all the computers that power all the bank and credit transactions, and all the financial derivatives they produce, don't add up to the power consumption of crypto.

Then I would take into account how PoS would affect this in the future, as crypto is a technology that is meant to be built on, evolved, upgraded, and replaced by something better. Like money.

Then probably ask which system is more democratic in its distribution and transparency of the money, and I would bet that system would finance less legacy climate destroying industries



I would like people to be able to do basic math and estimation using publicly available datasets themselves.

Get list of 10 largest banks and major credit card companies.

Get their ESG reports.

Add annual energy and emissions summaries together.

Multiply by 2.

Stand in awe that it’s still a fraction of Bitcoin.

You can then go find some other incredibly ignorant tangent to argue about to promote your belief in a crypto Ponzi scheme.




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