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Sending just ONE email less every day could save 1,000 tonnes of CO2, MSN,  Xantha Leatham For The Daily Mail   20 Nov 20, 

Everyone has done it – sending a quick email to say ‘thanks’ or ‘no problem’ to a work colleague.

But the millions of unnecessary messages sent every day are pumping thousands of tonnes of carbon into the atmosphere, researchers say.

This is all down to the power they consume, and contributes more than 23,000 tonnes of carbon a year to the UK’s footprint.

While emails are an integral form of communication, if we all cut back on just one ‘thank you’ email per day could save over 16,000 tonnes of carbon a year, according to a study.

This is the equivalent of 81,152 flights from London to Madrid or taking 3,334 diesel cars off the road.

The research, carried out by OVO Energy at the end of last year, found 49 per cent of Brits confessed to sending unnecessary emails every day. ….

Sending any email creates a carbon footprint from a combination of the electricity used to power the devices on which it is written and read, the networks that transmit the data and the data centres that store it.

Data centre account for less than 0.1 per cent of the world’s carbon footprint, experts say, but this figure is expected to grow with increasing use of video calls, games and streaming……. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/sending-just-one-email-less-every-day-could-save-1000-tonnes-of-co2/ar-BB1baWzz?li=BBnbfcL