Dollars getting cheaper now. The local price of steam remains constant measured in magic beans. Steam in Iceland, however, does not. On my premises the xmr supply factor tracks the mining-weighted cost of steam, while the demand factor presently remains negligible.
Cool New York facts: Every once in a while some steam pipe from the 19th or early 20th century explodes, blasting chunks of tarmac into the air. Either no one has been killed in this way in the 10 years I've been frequenting the city, or it is just not notably reported, as it isn't "news". An example of the latter negative effect: ~20 Manhattanites get killed by stray voltage each year when touching signal poles or street lamps, but this is definitely not news, just a consequence of stratified layers of decaying transmission circuitry dating back to the era of Edison and Tesla. If I ran the place I would put a dome over it. Not sure about doors though.
Where were you on August 19, 1989?I know where I was. Walking on 21st Street just west of Third Avenue. A roaring sound began and I started running.
A funny thing I remember about the "explosion." It didn't have a percussive beginning, like a bang. One second everything was normal, and the next there was a huge roar. The sound just sort of... was there. It sounded like a jet plane.
When that pipe ruptured, I was one short block away.
http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/07/19/the-last-big-steam-blast-gramercy-park-1989/?_r=0