> I wouldn’t say the energy use of non-proof of work chains is millions of times worse than existing traditional finance and web2 solutions. Probably comparable.
Then you would not know what you are talking about.
> Google might build some of their data centers up in Iceland, but that’s not the full picture.
No, they have dozens of data centers, on every continent, and all of them are in areas with cheap, carbon-neutral supply. You think that you are being smart by being dismissive about their effort, and the effort of dozens of companies who host their own infrastructure, but that condescension and lack of expertise is just one more example of why Crypto advocates are so unconvincing.
Google might build some of their data centers up in Iceland, but that’s not the full picture.