Things like a storage battery - we already have a battery shortage with not enough to power electric car manufacturing.

Or melting aluminum or other ors - this doesn't work because the load is extremely fickle. You have to be able to turn on/off easily and frequently.

other things can certainly come along and compete for the power. Its not like bitcoin mining isn't price bound. It always seeks the cheapest energy regardless of location

I only brought examples.

We are in such a bad place from a co2 point of view, if my examples don't work, we need to incentive to find better things.

Bitcoin is not better. It probably still consumes more wasted than just keep burning it.

After all the mining itself needs cooling (ac), Asics miners and local infrastructure (a gas engine)