You may detest spam because it clutters up your electronic mail , wastes your time and tease you with talk of Nigerian princes offer to expatiate your phallus . But did you know it ’s kill the environment , too ?
allot to a late report by information processing system security firm McAfee , the amount of junk e-mail emails broadcast last yr ( 62 trillion ) created the same amount of C emissions as 2 billion Imperial gallon of petrol glow in a car locomotive . Overall , the amount of energy expended in the creation , transmission and processing of spam for last year is equivalent to the get-up-and-go utilization of more than 2 million distinctive homes . Unsurprisingly , McAfee read this chance to position themselves as withstander of the environment , as SVP of Product Development Jeff Green excuse :
Stopping junk e-mail at its reference , as well investing in filtering technology , will save meter and money , and will pay up dividends to the planet by reducing carbon emission as well .
In related news , each employee of McAfee has personally avow to save one imperil species a year for as long as they ’re with the ship’s company .
Spam tramples environment with vast carbon copy footprint[New Scientist ]
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