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Attacking Bitcoin is fun and easy.

Taxing dirty electricity sources however seems to be regarded as a stupid idea.

No its not, pretty much all mainstream economists say the most efficient way to reduce carbon emissions is a price per ton on those emissions.

only to the decision makers in gov't. I think everyone else is on board.

Except the constituents of the decision makers in government who are not on board (in those countries with a marginally functioning democracy).