With 'thank you' emails polite Britons burn thousands of tonnes of carbon a year

Re:With 'thank you' emails polite Britons burn thousands of ... by deweller on Wednesday November 27, 2019 @08:49AM (#21647774)

I am highly skeptical of this conclusion.

I expect this study does not account for economies of scale. If I'm already downloading 100 emails from my provider, one additional email does not have any significant environmental impact.

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Re:With 'thank you' emails polite Britons burn thousands of ... by zzzcpan on Wednesday November 27, 2019 @08:54AM (#21647817)

Presumably sitting typing an e-mail on your PC with screen on is where most of the energy consumption comes from.

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Re:With 'thank you' emails polite Britons burn thousands of ... by deweller on Wednesday November 27, 2019 @10:47AM (#21648810)

I guess stuff like this is how they must have arrived at these ridiculous numbers. I know my screen would be on whether I was typing an email or not.

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