SPACE BLOGS
SPACE BLOGS
category: space
15 Apr 2009

Spam has a carbon footprint. The time and energy wasted by spam email uses the same amount of greenhouse gas emissions as 3.1 million passenger cars using two billion gallons of gas.  The majority of the energy consumed is due to spam maintenance, a study has found.  “If spam filters were used universally, the energy saved would be equivalent to taking 2.3 million cars off the road, the report said.“  Read more…