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Monero has a disproportionally large energy usage and footprint on the environment. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-018-0152-7
Please consider less wasteful alternatives. Every bit help, it's about keeping earth safe for human life.
Alternatives - like what? I understand the concerns but for now Monero is the closest we have to "digital cash". Hope there would eventually be a more energy-efficient successor.
Nano
https://nano.org/en/sustainability
That doesn't have any of the privacy and anonymity features. I'd have to read more on this project, though - did hear about it before. Also, what's relevant right now is that it's not accepted as commonly as even Monero (which in itself is sadly not as common as Bitcoin).