Not printing an email

[think2]

A lot of people put in their email signature "consider the environment and don't print this email". Why is printing an email bad for the environment? I thought that the more printing, the more trees we need to grow, which is good for the environment.

 

[Oil]

Is this srs thread?

 

[Bateluer]

A lot of people put in their email signature "consider the environment and don't print this email". Why is printing an email bad for the environment? I thought that the more printing, the more trees we need to grow, which is good for the environment.

I'd type that up in a separate doc, print it, print their email, then interoffice both to the original sender.

 

[lxskllr]

Why would you print an email? It's just more crap to take up room.

 

[Patranus]

Its because pretentious "green" ass holes need to show how smug they are even when communication via email.

 

[think2]

Is this srs thread?

What is srs?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SRS

 

[KK]

why not counter those eco terrorists with saying something along the lines of, "Fuck the environment, print this email twice."

 

[rudeguy]

why not counter those eco terrorists with saying something along the lines of, "Fuck the environment, print this email twice."

this is what I do. Screw trees.

 

[Brigandier]

this is what I do. Screw trees.

I do it because I want to give a yooper a job. Same reason I ask for paper bags.

 

[Jeff7]

And I think a lot of paper comes from farmed trees, though I don't know where I got that information or if it's terribly accurate. It does take a bit of energy and resources though.

I don't care for paper because it occupies a lot more physical space than a bunch of bits on a hard drive, and searching for text in a pile of paper takes a lot longer than it does when it's stored electronically.
At work if I'm given a paper version of something, I'll request the original electronic version, so that I have a chance of finding it later.

 

[preslove]

Yeah, tree farming is eco friendly, but the harvesting often isn't (they just burn the waste wood from branches and stuff. Though, my home town just built a power plant that burns all the tree farm waste from the surrounding area for electricity), and the paper processing is bad, as well as shipping. All in all, though, wasting paper isn't the worst thing in the world. Living in a mcmansion and commuting 1:30 hours a day is much, much, much worse.

A friend of my mom owns all the land around this lake, but for one part. That part is owned by a tree farming company. This is awesome, because tree farms just plant pine and let it grow for 15 or 20 years. So, that land isn't getting developed and they can walk through it and just treat it as a forest.

 

[Paladin3]

Reply with "Sending numerous superfluous emails daily wastes energy and harms the environment as well. Please consider condensing your inane blatherings into one energy efficient, easily ignored email per day."

 

[DrPizza]

"Please save your emails in a smaller font so they take less room on the hard drives. Thank you."

"Please don't eat toast for breakfast - think of all the glorious wheatfields that need to be mowed down to make toast."

 

[guyver01]

 

[Brigandier]

"Please save your emails in a smaller font so they take less room on the hard drives. Thank you."

I just reconfigured all my text files to a smaller font, thanks for helping me be more green. It's so sad to see people that don't care about the environment. GO EARTH!

 

[xanis]

"Normal pixels are born and raised in cruel, inhumane conditions. Next time you send an email, please consider using free range organic pixels."

 

[DanDaManJC]

printing is also a cost to the corporation -- so it's a win for them, they get to look like angels while also cutting a cost