Yes I know where the term comes from. I also know how bitcoin mining blew up the GPU market and years ago crossed the line where you spent more on electricity mining the coin than the value of the coin.
Hmmm. Given the fact that the post talks extensively about electricity use for mining in an attempt to justify it, I concluded you didn’t understand what mining was.
As for GPU mining, that hasn’t been cost effective for Bitcoin since 2012 or so. The blow up in GPUs in the last few years is not due to Bitcoin mining.