We could easily solve this BTC problem by hard forking to a pure proof of stake consensus protocol for BTC. Same security and decentralization guarantees. No environmental harm, and far more scalable so you can actually buy coffee with it. Ofc that's against the best interests of miners and BTC core devs.
The counterargument is people consider fiat proof of stake and don't want to introduce the problems that come with it (like centralization) into btc. I expect a fork like that would go right into the garbage as far as price action is concerned once the risks are understood but you are welcome to try.
