Email signatures are harming the planet and could cost people their lives — it’s time to stop using them
theconversation.com
It’s time to retire the email signature and take a hard look at improving our communication efficiency.

Edit: A lot of people seem to hate on the article without reading it.

Here is a supporting scientific source, by the same author: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666188825000863

The environmental impact of our online habits is far larger than most realize, and as digital communication continues to evolve, we must consider its long-term consequences on the environment and human life. We should take the easy steps of cutting wasteful energy use in our communications and it can start with eliminating email signatures.

  • snooggums@lemmy.worldEnglish
    22·
    1 day ago

    The results showed that in Canada, where about 15 per cent of people include gender pronouns in emails, the resulting carbon emissions from this small change (three extra words) may contribute to the premature deaths of one person a year, according to the 1,000-ton rule.

    This a comedy piece, right?

    • slaneesh_is_right@lemmy.orgEnglish
      1·
      5 hours ago

      I was thinking it kills people because they can be forged or something… Have they heard of crypto for example? I

    • IAmLamp@fedia.io
      9·
      1 day ago

      With all of the nonsense spewing from the brainless these days, I think my cognitive bias forces me to assume that they believe this bullshit 100%. This probably needs to be in NotTheOnion if it isn’t there already.