Spam 'produces 17m tons of CO2'

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Tom Gray <tom_gray_grc () yahoo com>
Date: April 16, 2009 10:14:15 PM EDT
To: ip <ip () v2 listbox com>, dave () farber net
Subject: Spam 'produces 17m tons of CO2'



Prof Farber

This BBC article  may be of interest for your IP list:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8001749.stm


Spam 'produces 17m tons of CO2'

Spam emission breakdown
Percentage of green house gas emissions per spam message

A study into spam has blamed it for the production of more than 33bn  
kilowatt-hours of energy every year, enough to power more than 2.4m  
homes.

The Carbon Footprint of e-mail Spam report estimated that 62 trillion  
spam emails are sent globally every year. ...







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