People who are into technology tend to know a little bit about a lot of things that still rises well beyond the level of the average person. You don’t get onto Lemmy without having some tech ability unless someone helped you set it up.

You said:

possibly due to misinformation about its environmental costs.

You made a very strong set of assumptions:

• The environmental cost is exaggerated

• People are misinformed about it

You then failed to substantiate your claim with any argument or evidence.