Spam? (the emails)

[Xx Tikki xX]

well when watching my favorite tv show they said that spam emails were adding up on green house gases it was equal to about 3 million car green house gases so do you really think spam could cause this? i find it hard to believe....whats your thoughts on this?

[Maawdawg]

Was it a comedy or something on the History Channel? It is hard to gauge the comment if you don't know the source. If it was a quote from South Park or Robot Chicken it would carry a bit less weight than a National Geographic Channel environmental special or something like that

I guess due to power consumed it could add up, the more computers have to run the more fossil fuel is used to power them.

[Xx Tikki xX]

http://www.rodale.com/spam-and-global-warming

there we go for proof, it was on a comedy show about news....so i knew it was real but theres proof that was needed :)

[Maawdawg]

Yeah, that is how I figured it would work. All the computer time draws power, power that is attained from burning coal for the most part.

[Xx Tikki xX]

it shocked me though how it can add up to so much....can't wait to see a chain email saying that spam emails kill the earth :)

[Eleazar]

I don't know how it works exactly so I could be completely wrong, but I imagine a computer that is constantly sending emails will use more energy than a computer sitting idle. It might be very minuet differences per second or even minute, but it would add up over time. Really though, I guarantee people leaving the lights on in a room even if you are only leaving for a second wastes more energy per day than spam emails waste per week or possibly even per month. If people would just turn off the lights when they left a room, and only turned them on when it was absolutely necessary to see it would be amazing how much energy we would save. I guarantee the average persons electricity bill would be at least $10 less per month.