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> There is no set amount of electricity needed to move Bitcoin.

This is simply untrue. We're not talking about simply moving your wallet on a pendrive.

In this context moving bitcoin means changing ownership and this simply cannot happen without electricity.

Only as much energy as people are willing to pay for.

Perhaps to clarify, by “constant supply of electricity”, I did not mean a supply that is fixed in either price or amount, simply that it is necessarily greater than zero, which is definitely more than is required to exchange gold, which was done quite successfully long before we understood how to harness or generate electricity.

Sure, but that becomes problematic when your proof-of-work security level depends on that. It's inherently fucked.