i believe that 'people' have no choice but to partake in systems that are more energy efficient. fill a seed phrase up with bitcoin, put it in a safe... and the mining hashrate keeps going up requiring more and more energy (which is the trend) and you have a fantastic 'digital battery' of sorts.

or you put that seed on a smartphone... open channels with it and pay + get paid over lighting from anywhere in the world 24/7 at any time.

everyone with economic capital will want and need such a system eventually