你的電子郵件正在破壞環(huán)境:研究

你的電子郵件正在破壞環(huán)境:研究

Your pointless emails are aren’t just boring people — they are ruining the environment.

你那些毫無意義的郵件不僅讓人感到無聊，還在破壞環(huán)境。

Sending email has such a high carbon footprint that just cutting out a single email a day — such as ones that simply say “LOL” — could have the same effect as removing thousands of cars from the street, according to a new study of habits in the UK.

英國一項關(guān)于習(xí)慣的新研究顯示，發(fā)送電子郵件的碳足跡非常高，以至于每天少發(fā)一封電子郵件——比如那些簡單地說“LOL”的郵件——可能就相當(dāng)于減少街上數(shù)千輛汽車的使用。

The study, commissioned by OVO Energy, England’s leading energy supply company, used the UK as a case study and found that one less “thank you” email a day would cut 16,433 tons of carbon caused by the high-energy servers used to send the online messages.

英國領(lǐng)先的能源供應(yīng)公司OVO Energy委托進(jìn)行的這項研究以英國為例，發(fā)現(xiàn)每天少發(fā)一封“謝謝”郵件將減少16433噸碳排放，而這些碳排放是由發(fā)送在線信息的高能服務(wù)器造成的。

That’s the equivalent of 81,152 flights to Madrid or taking 3,334 diesel cars off the road, the research said.

該研究稱，這相當(dāng)于飛往馬德里的航班數(shù)量為81,152架次，路上的柴油車減少了3,334輛。

According to the research, more than 64 million “unnecessary emails” are sent every day in the UK, contributing to 23,475 tons of carbon a year to its footprint.

根據(jù)這項研究，英國每天有超過6400萬封“不必要的郵件”被發(fā)送，每年造成23475噸的碳足跡。

The top 10 most “unnecessary” emails include: “Thank you,” “Thanks,” “Have a good weekend,” “Received,” “Appreciated,” “Have a good evening,” “Did you get/see this,” “Cheers,” “You too,” and “LOL,” according to the study.

根據(jù)這項研究，十大最“不必要”的郵件包括:“謝謝你”、“謝謝”、“周末愉快”、“收到”、“感謝”、“晚上好”、“你收到/看到這個了嗎”、“干杯”、“你也是”和“LOL”。

OVO Energy is now calling for tech-savvy folks to “think before you thank” in order to save more than 16,433 tons of carbon per year.

OVO Energy現(xiàn)在呼吁精通技術(shù)的人們“三思而后行”，每年節(jié)省16433噸碳。

The research revealed that 71 percent of Brits wouldn’t mind not receiving a “thank you” email “if they knew it was for the benefit of the environment and helping to combat the climate crisis.”

調(diào)查顯示，71%的英國人不介意收到一封“感謝”郵件，“如果他們知道這是為了保護(hù)環(huán)境和應(yīng)對氣候危機(jī)”。

A total of 87 percent of the UK “would be happy to reduce their email traffic to help support the same cause,” according to the study.

研究顯示，87%的英國人“愿意減少自己的電子郵件流量，以幫助支持同樣的事業(yè)”。

One of the researchers, Mike Berners-Lee, a professor at Lancaster University in Lancashire, England, said in a statement: “Whilst the carbon footprint of an email isn’t huge, it’s a great illustration of the broader principle that cutting the waste out of our lives is good for our wellbeing and good for the environment.”

研究者之一,邁克·伯納斯-李教授蘭開斯特大學(xué)在蘭開夏郡,英格蘭,在一份聲明中表示:“雖然電子郵件不是巨大的碳足跡,這是一個很好的例證更廣泛的原則,減少浪費(fèi)我們的生活對我們的健康有好處,對環(huán)境有益。”

“Every time we take a small step towards changing our behavior, be that sending fewer emails or carrying a reusable coffee cup, we need to treat it as a reminder to ourselves and others that we care even more about the really big carbon decisions,” Berners-Lee said.

伯納斯-李說:“每次我們在改變行為上邁出一小步，不管是減少發(fā)送電子郵件還是攜帶可重復(fù)使用的咖啡杯，我們都需要把它當(dāng)作是對自己和他人的一個提醒，提醒他們我們更關(guān)心真正重大的碳排放決定。”