PoS is no greener than PoW, they are equally expensive. PoS is expensive in political plane (just like current financial system with all the corruption and wars) while Bitcoin is expensive purely in terms of energy. I know which one i prefer.
Why should an average user care that founders are premining "scammers"? An average user won't be a miner and an average user doesn't have an investment in any platform.
Someone saying x-crypto is a premining scam is somebody who invests in another platform and is advertising.
yes, that's what all pre-miners say.
lightning network fees are negligible, you should try it one day.