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Wow, that is a lot of CO2 emissions.
For 3 to 4 transactions per second.
...and for securing all the balances and transaction history of the network.
Capture the externalities with a carbon tax. The energy usage will shift to renewable resources.
State subsidized coal mining.

Remove subsidies and all of those miners would be using hydroelectric, wind or solar power.