20/04/2022
Why delete an email you don't need? Because it saves energy.🍃
Humans spend a lot of time sending emails, and every email you send or receive takes up space in your email account.
The more emails you have, the more your computer has to work to display them, organize them, and find the ones you want. And that uses energy.
But it's not just about the amount of energy used by your computer. The process of deleting emails may seem like a foolish concern in the larger fight against climate change. But, when you look at the sheer amount of energy the internet consumes on a daily basis, it's clear that even small changes can have an impact.✨
One way to reduce this energy consumption is to simply delete email messages you don't need anymore. Processing and storing emails requires a lot of energy — both on your computer and the servers that send and receive your messages.
Count me in. It took me about an hour to delete hundreds of emails, this may be small, but this helps.