Just don't use the word economy then 

But you're right some of these people will refuse to use their brain no matter what so talking can be pointless 

SimpleStacker

is cleaner than the average energy use in the economy

The economy is what's wrong to a climate activist to begin with. What he will hear is "hey, we can replace this tumour with this other less damaging tumour!". He will answer "yea... I think many things should change" and will stop there, which is code for "I actually want communist central planning".

bitcoin

Climate activist dinner tonight; wife said limit the bitcoin. What to do?

Scoresby

> is cleaner than the average energy use in the economy

The economy is what's wrong to a climate activist to begin with. What he will hear is "hey, we can replace this tumour with this other less damaging tumour!". He will answer "yea... I think many things should change" and will stop there, which is code for "I actually want communist central planning".