Taking the ICE for a single person from Berlin to Paris uses around 19kWh (just for the train). That's around 15-30 washing machine loads. The entire train could be powered by a windmill that has 3300kWh.
The energy needed by a single Bitcoin transaction could be used to take 44 people onto this trip.
https://www.greenpeace.de/publikationen/Greenpeace_Report_Effizienzvergleich_Automarken.pdf
https://energeiaplus.com/2022/04/14/liebes-bfe-wieviel-strom-produziert-der-fluegel-einer-windanlage-bei-einer-umdrehung/#:~:text=3'300%20kWh%20sind%20es,55%20dividiert%20durch%2015%20Umdrehungen).
https://crypto.com/bitcoin/bitcoin-energy-consumption
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