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Re:Proof of work is temporarily illegal in New York by nells on Thursday November 24, 2022 @11:54AM (#33733450)
This is more like the politician's syllogism.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politician%27s_syllogism

Re:Proof of work is temporarily illegal in New York by 0xfffafaCrash on Thursday November 24, 2022 @12:05PM (#33733584)
Except it actually addresses a serious problem on two fronts

1) reducing the ability to profit off of actions that cause environmental damage thereby aligning the market interest to reduce such actions

2) funding the investment in reversing the damage

whereas your suggestion above is doing literally nothing to help…