The Ecological Footprint of Luxury goods and Bitcoins

Originally posted on Wozukunft:
I dislike overpriced luxury goods. Like a 37?500 USD Montblanc pen. A pen, which is functionally equivalent to a 10 USD pen, which is not much better than a 0.5 USD pen. Now, buying this is stupid if you are a UAW union official using misused funds. But, more generally, it…