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.
My oh my I knew userbenchmark was always a little misleading, but now with the 5600x you can really see it: https://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core-i5-3570K-vs-AMD-Ryzen-5-5600X/1316vs4084 Despite this CPU outperforms i9 in gaming benchmarks, it isn't even on top of the list. Plus, it says "effective speed" is +25% at i5 3570k, but if you look to actual stats it's obvious that this CPU is much faster
Fixed a humiliating mistake in this article
intresting read
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.