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Excess memes and ‘reply all’ emails are bad for climate, researcher warns (www.theguardian.com)
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"... research has now found that the vast majority of data stored in the cloud is “dark data”, meaning it is used once then never visited again. That means that all the memes and jokes and films that we love to share with friends and family – from “All your base are belong to us”, through Ryan Gosling saying “Hey Girl”, to Tim Walz with a piglet – are out there somewhere, sitting in a datacentre, using up energy..."

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[-] Syl@slrpnk.net 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Why the fuck are they posting this bullshit? The cost of an email include the cost of the device you use to send or read the email, which is 70% of the cost. Then it's 15% (energy wise) to transport the email. The cost of storing the email is 0.5%.

With that in mind, think about how much it costs to watch 1h on YouTube or Netflix...

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