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[-] dill@lemmy.one 67 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Spam emails are riding on the rails of an existing infrastructure that provides incredible value. I agree that they are wasteful, but damn this is some melodramatic doodoo.

[-] ReadyUser31@lemmy.world 66 points 1 year ago

https://www.techbusinessnews.com.au/does-email-spam-affect-the-enviroment/

Its estimated that spam consumes more than 33 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity every year, the same amount as 2.4 million homes. It also produces the same amount of green house gas(GHG) emissions as 3.1 million passenger cars.

[-] UFO64@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago

Exactly. It’s not a matter of the metal housing this stuff, it’s the sheer volume of traffic and cost that all the noise makes.

[-] blazeknave@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

Been thinking about this for years. Used to sell data centers. Every watt of power requires another 2 watts to cool down. Legit phishing, spam, junk, has a cost.

[-] Magiccupcake@startrek.website 8 points 1 year ago

4g of CO2 per email? I find that hard to believe. Probably overestimating emissions like some media did with Netflix.

https://www.iea.org/commentaries/the-carbon-footprint-of-streaming-video-fact-checking-the-headlines

[-] dill@lemmy.one 4 points 1 year ago

That is a lot of waste, I certainly underestimated. Another commenter has some insight. Sounds like email spam is less of an issue today simply because it's moved to other platforms.

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