You mean bitcoin mining or mineral mining? I would be curious to see opinion polling about bitcoin mining specifically. Antidotally it seems very polarized, people either don’t think of it at all, think it’s fine and no big deal, or ecosystem destroying stupidity. Almost all the positions are held based on adopting the views of others in whatever community they are part of. 

It’s become a culture war issue and that’s not a good thing for anyone. 

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/04/10/majority-of-americans-arent-confident-in-the-safety-and-reliability-of-cryptocurrency/ 

 Yes, bitcoin and crypto mining, (not mineral mining,) as all they do is use electricity, and can't possibly be any worse than anything else that uses electricity. Like how the green people practice electric cars, as if they somehow are selective in what electricity they use 🤣🤣🤣