It's interesting that, as you show, the cost to the environment of Bitcoin usage will increase over time. I've come across little-thought-of costs in other things, such as search-engine-usage, and also projects like Folding@home.
awww, cripes, i was hoping they'd at least be able to preserve it as a museum or something
userbenchmark basically exists to scam unsuspecting google searchers into buying intel
Added another piece of trivia to this article
This was nice to read; I enjoyed hearing about your personal experince. I have only flown eight times so I still find it to be a fun experience. However, I remember the last time looking around the plane (I don't know what type it was) and seeing all the regulars not really enjoying it so much.