# Excess Memes and 'Reply All' Emails Are Bad For Climate, Researcher Warns 🌍

**URL:** <https://onehack.st/t/excess-memes-and-reply-all-emails-are-bad-for-climate-researcher-warns/288917>\
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**Created:** [August 13, 2024, 11:01am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/excess-memes-and-reply-all-emails-are-bad-for-climate-researcher-warns/288917 "2024-08-13T11:01:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![TheJoker](https://onehack.st/user_avatar/onehack.st/thejoker/32/22660_2.png) [@TheJoker](https://onehack.st/u/TheJoker)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2024, 11:01am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/excess-memes-and-reply-all-emails-are-bad-for-climate-researcher-warns/288917/1 "2024-08-13T11:01:44Z")

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**Summary:**

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1. **Dark Data’s Carbon Footprint**  
A new study reveals that most data in the cloud, including memes and emails, is _dark data_—used once and then forgotten. This contributes to increased _energy consumption_ in datacenters.

2. **Rising Electricity Use**  
By 2030, datacenters could use nearly _6% of the UK’s total electricity_. Tackling unnecessary data is crucial for reducing this impact on the _climate_.

3. **Practical Tips**  
To help, experts suggest reducing _pointless emails_ and avoiding the _“reply all”_ function. This can lower personal and collective _energy consumption_ from digital storage. 💡

**Read more at:** [The Guardian](https://theguardian.com)