Carbon footprint of spam email
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According to a study conducted by ICF International and commissioned by McAfee, the average business email user generates 131 kg of CO2 every year simply by dealing with email. ICF found that 22% of these emissions are related to spam, which translates to the use of an extra 3.3 gallons of gasoline every year.[1] The report states that the average spam message generates 0.3 grams of CO2 emissions.[2] However, spam email accounts for just over one-third of the total emissions related to business and personal email globally because about 80 percent of all email messages are spam messages.[3][4][5][6][7][1][8][9][10][11]
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- ^ a b "62 trillion spam e-mails = power used by 1.5 million homes". TG Daily. 16 April 2009. http://www.tgdaily.com/html_tmp/content-view-42050-178.html. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ^ http://img.en25.com/Web/McAfee/CarbonFootprint_web_final2.pdf
- ^ Claburn, Thomas (16 April 2009). "Spam Is Killing The Planet – Security – Antivirus". Informationweek. http://www.informationweek.com/news/security/antivirus/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=216600040. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ^ Coursey, David (16 April 2009). "Is Spam Really Threatening Planet Earth? I Don't Believe It | PCWorld Business Center". Pcworld.com. http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/163252/is_spam_really_threatening_planet_earth_i_dont_believe_it.html. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ^ Kaplan, Jeremy (16 April 2009). "Why the Spam Carbon Footprint Study is Wrong | News & Opinion". PCMag.com. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2345380,00.asp. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ^ "Technology News: Green Tech: Study: Your Inbox Isn't the Only Thing Spammers Pollute". Technewsworld.com. http://www.technewsworld.com/story/Study-Your-Inbox-Isnt-the-Only-Thing-Spammers-Pollute-66827.html. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ^ "Technology | Spam 'produces 17m tons of CO2'". BBC News. 16 April 2009. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8001749.stm. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ^ "62 Trillion Spam E-mails = ? – ABC News". Abcnews.go.com. 16 April 2009. http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/GlobalWarming/story?id=7343518&page=1. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ^ Timmer, John (15 April 2009). "Study: energy cost of spam comes from user intervention". Arstechnica.com. http://arstechnica.com/business/news/2009/04/study-says-energy-cost-of-spam-comes-from-user-intervention.ars. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ^ Mills, Elinor (15 April 2009). "Spam's carbon footprint: One e-mail is like driving three feet | Digital Media – CNET News". News.cnet.com. http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10220363-93.html. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ^ "Google Nieuws". Google. http://news.google.com/news?ncl=1333876280&topic=t. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
[edit] External links
- Mcafee ICF International, The Carbon Footprint of Email Spam Report
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