The Carbon Cost of Spam: An Infographic

Patrick James
Writer / Former GOOD Managing Editor

July 12, 2010 • 11:30 am PDT
7 responses

The designer Antonio Lupetti's "The Cost of Spam: CO2 Emissions" is a lovely illustration of a rather dirty problem: the environmental impact of the astonishingly high number spam emails generated around the world.

One thing I like about this is that it gets Eyjafjallajökull back in the conversation—it has really been upstaged, disaster-wise, by that oil spill in the Gulf.

If you're curious, it looks like the data come from a 2009 McAffee study and CommTouch's most recent quarterly report.

Posted in: GOOD Blog,; Technology,; Environment,; News

Tags: technology,; environment,; carbon,; emissions,; spam,; eyjafjallajokull

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