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 The market prices more energy intensive activity higher than low energy intensity. Sometimes that ends up being front-loaded. If we are to argue bitcoin mining energy is more efficiently applied than fiat banking, one should also consider the indirect costs of petroleum consumption. If we are to assume the CO2 scare is yet another misdirected concern, there are many other indirect energy expenditure related arguments against petroleum as a primary energy source. The market cures all, but only if left alone and superstitions are rejected. The same applies to automotive sector materials. As free marketeers, we should be ashamed of ourselves to use these short-term high-time-preference superstitious leftist arguments against innovation.