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TIL that the average email produces about 4 grams of CO2, which can go up with attachments (www.youtube.com)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by LollerCorleone@kbin.social to c/TodayILearned@kbin.social

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The average email produces 4gs of CO2. It takes 21g of CO2 to boil water for a cup of tea. So every 5 emails you’ve sent burned as much carbon as 1 cup of tea.

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[–] LollerCorleone@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

He is basing his video on estimates by Mike Berners-Lee. But that disclaimer is there in his every video for legal reasons, I guess.

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