Gregory's Server@gerrymcgovern Is the figure of 4g per email up to date? It's easy to make mistakes with these things, see e.g. grossly exaggerated estimates of the carbon impact of streaming due to multiplying old numbers by new numbers.
Where did that figure come from?
@matthewtoad43 In 2010, Mike Berners Lee calculated it was 4 g.
Here's some 2022 figures:
Spam email picked up by your filters 0.03 g
Short email sent and received on a phone 0.2 g
Short email sent and received on a laptop 0.3 g
Long email that takes 10 minutes to write and 3 minutes to read sent and received on a laptop17 g
https://carbonliteracy.com/the-carbon-cost-of-an-email/
I think an average email at 4 g sounds reasonable
@matthewtoad43 In 2010, Mike Berners Lee calculated it was 4 g.
Here's some 2022 figures:
Spam email picked up by your filters 0.03 g
Short email sent and received on a phone 0.2 g
Short email sent and received on a laptop 0.3 g
Long email that takes 10 minutes to write and 3 minutes to read sent and received on a laptop17 g
https://carbonliteracy.com/the-carbon-cost-of-an-email/