what do you really save when you personally save for example $.30 on a transaction when the AI spends five dollars in energy?

Exactly. The economy right now is a big ball and cup game so that the rich can convince workers to keep funding their kleptocracy.

We pay taxes for public services and utilities that generate private profits while the rich get to benefit of the infrastructure that we funded. The cups, the balls, and the god damn table were all built and paid for by the working class.